Meaning & use
wantonness
Deliberate, reckless disregard for what is right, moral, or the feelings of others.
See it in a sentence
The wantonness of the vandalism shocked residents who had cared for the park for years.
Historians described the emperor's wantonness in spending public funds on lavish personal parties.
A note on using this word
A literary, somewhat old-fashioned word; it often implies both cruelty and self-indulgent excess.
Words with a similar meaning
recklessnesslicentiousness
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Words with an opposite meaning
restraintprudence
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