licentious

Romans 1:28 - And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

I was reading Romans 1 in my Reformation Study Bible. In the study notes for Romans 1:28 it says: "did not see fit...God gave them up. Sin brings a disdain for true values, and risks abandonment by God to a spirit of licentiousness."

I wondered what that last word meant so I found the definition of it at Merriam-Webster as follows...

Main Entry: li·cen·tious

Pronunciation: \lī-ˈsen(t)-shəs\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin licentiosus, from licentia

Date: 1535

1: lacking legal or moral restraints; especially : disregarding sexual restraints
2: marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness

— li·cen·tious·ly adverb

— li·cen·tious·ness noun

That would be a scary thing...