Licentiousness
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
1.
In its original and more general sense, licentiousness means doing what one pleases, unrestrained by any regard for the rights of others. It differs from liberty, in conveying a strong implication that rights of others exist and are disregarded; a notion which "liberty" does not involve.
2.
In a narrower sense, licentiousness is equivalent to lewdness {q. v.), which seems the more proper technic xl term.