licentious; profligate; dissipated; wild
Describes unrestrained, self-indulgent behavior, often with a negative moral judgment. Used for people, lifestyles, or conduct that is excessively loose or debauched.
His licentious lifestyle finally led to his ruin.
To indulge in every kind of debauchery.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant kanji spelling; 埓 is a variant of 埒.
From Chinese 放埒 (fàngliè). The characters 放 (release, let go) and 埒 (boundary, limit) together suggest 'letting go of limits', i.e., unrestrained behavior.