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debauchery |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Debauchery \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: debauchery n : a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {saturnalia}, {riot}, {bacchanal}, {bacchanalia}, {drunken revelry}]
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