wantonness

English

Etymology

wanton +‎ -ness

Noun

wantonness (usually uncountable; plural wantonnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, ch. 16,

     The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness.

2. (countable, dated) A particular wanton act.
   • 1882, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty, Little Brown (Boston), v. 3, p. 366,

     These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.