wantonness

noun

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1
as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war

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2
as in vulgarity
the quality or state of being obscene novels characterized chiefly by their sheer wantonness

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“Wantonness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wantonness. Accessed 29 Jan. 2023.

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