Definitions for debaucherydɪˈbɔ tʃə ri

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

de•bauch•er•ydɪˈbɔ tʃə ri(n.)(pl.)-er•ies.

  1. excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance.

  2. debaucheries, acts or instances of such indulgence.

  3. Archaic. seduction from duty or virtue.

Origin of debauchery:

1635–45

Princeton's WordNet

  1. orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry(noun)

    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Wiktionary

  1. debauchery(Noun)

    Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.

  2. debauchery(Noun)

    Seduction from duty.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Debauchery(noun)

    corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance

  2. Debauchery(noun)

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


Translations for debauchery

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

debauchery(noun)

too much indulgence in pleasures usually considered immoral, especially sexual activity and excessive drinking

a life of debauchery.

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