Debauch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To corrupt morally.
  • v. To lead away from excellence or virtue.
  • v. To reduce the value, quality, or excellence of; debase. See Synonyms at corrupt.
  • v. Archaic To cause to forsake allegiance.
  • verb-intransitive. To indulge in dissipation.
  • n. The act or a period of debauchery.
  • n. An orgy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of debauchery.
  • n. An orgy.
  • v. to morally corrupt (someone); to seduce
  • v. to debase (something); to lower the value of (something)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce
  • n. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.
  • n. An act or occasion of debauchery.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To corrupt the morals or principles of; entice into improper conduct, as excessive indulgence, treason, etc.; lead astray, as from morality, duty, or allegiance: as, to debauch a youth by evil instruction and example; to debauch an army.
  • Specifically, to corrupt with lewdness; bring to be guilty of unchastity; deprave; seduce: as, to debauch a woman.
  • To lower or impair in quality; corrupt or vitiate; pervert.
  • Figuratively, to spoil; dismantle; render unserviceable.
  • To riot; revel.
  • n. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; gluttony; lewdness.
  • n. An act or a period of debauchery.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  • v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  • Verb Form
    debauched    debauches    debauching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    revelry    revel   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mar    vitiate    pollute    seduce    intemperance    drunkenness    lewdness    debauchery    corrupt    dissipate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wassail    revelry    saturnalia    spree    orgy    carouse    debauchery    jollification    carousal    revel