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Debauch

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Noun

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

a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Verb

2. corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

Example Sentences:
'debauch the young people with wine and women'
'Socrates was accused of corrupting young men'
'Do school counselors subvert young children?'
'corrupt the morals'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Debauch

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verb
1. (when tr, usually passive)
to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
2. (transitive)
to seduce (a woman)
noun
3. 
an instance or period of extreme dissipation

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Debauch

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verb transitive
1. 
to lead astray morally; corrupt; deprave
noun
2. 
debauchery (sense 1)
3. 
an orgy

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Debauch

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v. de·bauched, de·bauch·ing, de·bauch·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To corrupt morally. See Synonyms at corrupt.
b. To seduce (someone).
2. To reduce the value, quality, or excellence of; debase: debauch a currency.
3. Archaic To cause to forsake allegiance.
v.intr.
To indulge in dissipation.
n.
1. The act or a period of debauchery.
2. An orgy.

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