'Debauchery' definitions:

Definition of 'debauchery'

From: WordNet
noun
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]

Definition of 'Debauchery'

From: GCIDE
  • Debauchery \De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl. Debaucheries.
  • 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. [1913 Webster]
  • The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. [1913 Webster]
  • Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat. [1913 Webster]

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