debauch

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debauch
v. corrupt by sensuality, seduce away from duty, pervert, lead-astray

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debauch

Noun
1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
(synonym) orgy, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
(hypernym) revel, revelry
(derivation) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect

Verb
1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
(synonym) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise
(derivation) libertine, debauchee, rounder


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Debauch
(n.)
To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army.
  
 
(n.)
Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.
  
 
(n.)
An act or occasion of debauchery.
  

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debauch
Synonyms and related words:
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