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plural libertines
(historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
One who is freethinking in religious matters. examples
Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker. quotations examples
So the truth of the matter is that a libertine in love, if indeed a libertine can be in love, becomes from that moment in less of a hurry to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh.
2007, Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 123
comparative more libertine, superlative most libertine
Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals. examples