Etymology: (1585–95; < F débaucher to entice away from duty, debauch, OF desbauchier to disperse, scatter)
Definition of 'debauch'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry a wildgathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
2. (verb)corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
Definition of 'debauch'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)debauch to lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army
2. (noun)debauch excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery
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