This week's secret word of the week is dissolute. I am personally a little surprised to have learned the actual dictionary definition of the term, although I have no idea what I thought it meant in the first place. It must have been one of those terms that I had confused with a different word.
Dissolute:
Definition:
Indifferent to moral restraints, given to moral or improper conduct, licentious.
adj. Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices.
Synonyms:
Corrupt, loose, debauched, wanton or abandoned.
Thesaurus:
Main Entry: dissolute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: immoral
Synonyms: abandoned, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, evil, fast*, hell-bent, high living*, lax, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, loose*, night owl*, nighthawk*, open, playboy, player*, profligate, raffish, rakish, reprobate, slack, speedy, swift, unconstrained, unprincipled, unrestrained, vicious, wanton, wayward, wicked, wild
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