Definition of wanton

adjective (a)

• Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• lewd or lascivious woman (noun.person)

  source: wordnet30
• A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment. (noun)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• occurring without motivation or provocation (adj.all)

  Synonym: motiveless, unprovoked
  

  source: wordnet30
• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior (adj.all)

  Synonym: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish
  

  Example:
  Wanton behavior.
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently (verb.stative)

  Synonym: piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton away
  

  source: wordnet30
• indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life (verb.stative)

  source: wordnet30
• spend wastefully (verb.possession)

  Synonym: trifle away, wanton away
  

  Example:
  Wanton one's money away.
  

  source: wordnet30
• become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: luxuriate
  

  source: wordnet30
• engage in amorous play (verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• behave extremely cruelly and brutally (verb.body)

  source: wordnet30
• To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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