Wan"ton*ness, n.
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
Gower.
The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness.
Eikon Basilike.
Young gentlemen would be as sad as night
Only for wantonness.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.