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Licentious vs Depraved - What's the difference?

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Licentious is a synonym of depraved.


As adjectives the difference between licentious and depraved

is that licentious is lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct while depraved is perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.

As a verb depraved is

(deprave).

licentious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct.
  • Disregarding accepted rules.
  • Derived terms

    * licentiousness

    See also

    * incontinent

    depraved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (deprave)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
  • Derived terms

    * depravedly * depravedness

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