Wantonness vs Thoughtlessness - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
*1897 , , Dracula , ch. 16,
*:The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness .
(countable, dated) A particular wanton act.
*1882 , , History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty , Little Brown (Boston), v. 3, p. 366,
*:These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.
disregard for other's feelings
heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions