Debauchery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Debauchery \De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl. {Debaucheries}.
     1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or
        allegiance.
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              The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the


              debauchery of the army.               --Burke.
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     2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially,
        excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality;
        habitual lewdness.
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              Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  debauchery
       n : a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
           promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {saturnalia}, {riot},
            {bacchanal}, {bacchanalia}, {drunken revelry}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "debauchery":
     carousal, carouse, debauch, debauchment, dissipation,
     dissoluteness, fastness, free living, gallantry, high living,
     killing pace, libertinage, libertinism, license, licentiousness,
     orgy, profligacy, rakishness, riotous living, saturnalia,
     unbridledness, venery, wenching, whoring, wildness