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rı̄´ut: Properly, “unrestrained behavior†of any sort, but in modern English usually connoting mob action, although such phrases as a “riotous banquet†are still in common use. the King James Version uses the word in the first sense, and it is retained by the Revised Version (British and American) in ; ; for ἀσωÌτως, asoÌ„ÌtoÌ„s, ἀσωτιÌα, asoÌ„tıÌa, “having no hope of safety,†“profligate.†In ; the Revised Version (British and American) has preferred “gluttonous,†“glutton,†in , “revelling,†and in , “revel.â€