libertine

  1. Noun.  (historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
  2. Noun.  One who is freethinking in religious matters.
  3. Noun.  Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
  4. Adjective.  Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.

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