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Licentious vs Uncurbed - What's the difference?

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Licentious is a synonym of uncurbed.


As adjectives the difference between licentious and uncurbed

is that licentious is lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct while uncurbed is unlimited; unrestricted.

licentious

English

Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * licentiousness

    See also

    * incontinent

    uncurbed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unlimited; unrestricted.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 29, author=John F. Burns, title=Anglo-American Capitalism on Trial, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Partly because of the heavy burden of government debt built up during his stewardship, and the uncurbed recklessness of the country’s banks, Britain’s recession is already the harshest in Western Europe. }}