Sensuality, n.
Etymology: [CF. F. sensualité, L. sensualitas sensibility, capacity for sensation.]
The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness. Those pampered animals That rage in savage sensuality. Shak. They avoid dress, lest they should have affections tainted by any sensuality. Addison.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists sensuality only as an antonym, under abstinence.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given