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Debauchery

Debauchery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Debauchery? [n] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonyms \| Synonyms for Debauchery: bacchanal \| bacchanalia \| debauch \| drunken revelry \| orgy \| riot \| saturnalia Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| revel \| revelry Debauchery In Webster's Dictionary \Debauch"ery\, n.; pl. {Debaucheries}. 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. --Burke. 2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat.

Debauchery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Debauchery?

[n] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

See Also | revel | revelry

Debauchery In Webster's Dictionary

\De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl. {Debaucheries}.
1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or
   allegiance.

         The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the
         debauchery of the army.               --Burke.

2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially,
   excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality;
   habitual lewdness.

         Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat.

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