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1. Occurring without motivation or provocation
   "wanton malignity";
   - motiveless, unprovoked
    
2. Casual and unrestrained in sexual behaviour
   "wanton behaviour";
   - easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish [informal], tarty [informal], slutty [informal]

1. Lewd or lascivious woman

1. Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
   - piddle [informal], wanton away, piddle away, trifle
    
2. Indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
    
3. Spend wastefully
   "wanton one's money away";
   - wanton away, trifle away
    
4. Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
   - luxuriate
    
5. Engage in amorous play
    
6. Behave extremely cruelly and brutally

Derived forms: wantons, wantoning, wantoned

See also: unchaste, unmotivated

Type of: act, behave, chat up [Brit, informal], consume, coquet [rare], dally, do, drop, expend, flirt, live, mash [archaic], philander, romance, sensualist, spend, squander, ware [archaic], waste

Encyclopedia: Wanton, John