wantonness

noun

Etymology: From Middle English wantonnesse, wantonesse, wantounesse, wantownesse, equivalent to wanton + -ness.

1. The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.

   “The ſpirit of vvantonness is, ſure, ſcared out of him: if the devil have him not in fee-ſimple, vvith fine and recovery, he vvill never, I think, in the vvay of vvaſte, attempt us again.”

   “A vvantonneſſe in vvealth, methinks I agree not vvith, / Tis ſuch a trouble to be married too, / And have a thouſand things of great importance, / Jevvells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have a mans brains vvhimſied with his vvealth: […]”

2. A particular wanton act.

   “These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.”