LICENTIOUS in a Sentence

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1. Bossuet will take a little turn in the court and talk with the young law licentiates.
2. Unscrupulously seducing the daughter of his host, Don Juan felt no qualms about the immorality of his licentious behavior.
3. He had learned from a young licentiate in law, an habitual frequenter of the courts, that Thenardier was in close confinement.

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 Meanings and Examples of LICENTIOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
licentious
 a.  amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
Classic Sentence:
1  He had also a wish to establish himself in the good graces of the lady; for John was at least as licentious in his pleasures as profligate in his ambition.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  It was a peculiar combination of old-maidishness and licentiousness that made Cutter seem so despicable.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XI
3  Bossuet will take a little turn in the court and talk with the young law licentiates.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS
4  He had learned from a young licentiate in law, an habitual frequenter of the courts, that Thenardier was in close confinement.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LARK'S MEADOW
Example Sentence:
1  Unscrupulously seducing the daughter of his host, Don Juan felt no qualms about the immorality of his licentious behavior.