Dictionary entry

Wantonness

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wan″ton‐ness, n. The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. Gower.

The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. Eikon Basilike.

Young gentlemen would be as sad as night

Only for wantonness. Shak.