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Stricken with Exceeding Grief, He Remembers the Dissolute Passions ...
... Book II. Chapter II."Stricken with Exceeding Grief, He Remembers the Dissolute
Passions in Which, in His Sixteenth Year, He Used to Indulge. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter ii stricken with exceeding grief.htm

Of the Corruption which had Grown Upon the Roman Republic Before ...
... then, is this Roman republic, "which has changed little by little from the fair
and virtuous city it was, and has become utterly wicked and dissolute." It is ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 19 of the corruption which.htm

1 Timothy ii. 4-Feb
... intemperate. For avarice is a lust no less than the bodily appetites, which
he who does not chastise, is called dissolute. [1168 ...
/.../homily vii 1 timothy ii.htm

Four Discourses against the Arians.
... For of the one has Arius imitated the dissolute and effeminate tone, in writing
Thaliæ on his model; and the other he has rivalled in her dance, reeling and ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/four discourses against the arians.htm

To Sister Daniella of Orvieto Clothed with the Habit of Saint ...
... indulgences and luxuries of the world, and the conversation of worldlings; gives
it conversation with the servants of God; takes it from dissolute places, and ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to sister daniella of orvieto.htm

1 Thessalonians iv. 3-Jan
... for the first and second evening will praise his own wife; but after that he will
soon fall back into that wantonness, seeking that dissolute and disorderly ...
/.../homily v 1 thessalonians iv.htm

The Holidays at Thagaste
... breaking the law. His fury for dissolute courses knew no rest. Did Monnica
observe anything of this change in Augustin? The boy, grown ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/vi the holidays at thagaste.htm

Acts xvi. 13, 14
... (Think) what they suffer, while we (live) in luxury, we in theatres, we perishing
and drowning (in dissolute living), seeking always idle amusement, not ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxxv acts xvi 13.htm

The Confessions and Letters of St
... Chapter II.--Stricken with Exceeding Grief, He Remembers the Dissolute Passions
in Which, in His Sixteenth Year, He Used to Indulge. ...
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Prison Experiences for Conscience' Sake --Our Prison
... etc. In most, as in the camps, there are traces yet of manhood and of the
Divine Spark, but some are abandoned, dissolute. There ...
/.../prison experiences for conscience sakeour.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; lewd; profligate; wanton; debauched.

Thesaurus

Dissolute (1 Occurrence)
...Dissolute (1 Occurrence). 2 Peter 2:2 and many shall follow their dissolute ways,
through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed. (DBY). ...
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Dissipation (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered
in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours ...
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Dissoluteness (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of
morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation. ...
/d/dissoluteness.htm - 7k

Profligate (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Broken down in principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly
immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch. ...
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Orgies (4 Occurrences)
... especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus,
or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry. ...
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Lewd (37 Occurrences)
... lawless; bad; vicious. 3. (superl.) Given to the promiscuous indulgence of
lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous. 4. (superl.) Suiting ...
/l/lewd.htm - 20k

Libertine
... 5. (n.) Free from restraint; uncontrolled. 6. (n.) Dissolute; licentious; profligate;
loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners. ...
/l/libertine.htm - 7k

Loose (219 Occurrences)
... 7. (superl.) Unconnected; rambling. 8. (superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
9. (superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. 10. ...
/l/loose.htm - 38k

Licentious (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious;
as, a licentious man; a licentious life. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/l/licentious.htm - 7k

Wanton (20 Occurrences)
... free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. 2. (vt) Wandering from moral rectitude;
perverse; dissolute. 3. (vt) Specifically: Deviating ...
/w/wanton.htm - 13k

Bible Concordance

Dissolute (1 Occurrence)

2 Peter 2:2 and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Dissolute

Related Terms

Dissipation (4 Occurrences)

Dissoluteness (4 Occurrences)

Profligate (3 Occurrences)

Orgies (4 Occurrences)

Lewd (37 Occurrences)

Libertine