Libertinism /(-tĭn*ĭz'm)/
Lib·er·tin·ism
Libertinism
n.
- The state of a libertine or freedman. [R.]
- Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.
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Licentiousness of principle or opinion.
That spirit of religion and seriousness vanished all at once, and a spirit of liberty and libertinism, of infidelity and profaneness, started up in the room of it.