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Libertinism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Libertinism : \Lib"er*tin*ism\ (-t[i^]n*[i^]z'm), n.
1. The state of a libertine or freedman. [R.] --Hammond.
2. Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.
3. 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. --Atterbury.
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