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debauchery

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de·bauch·er·y  (d-bôch-r)
n. pl. de·bauch·er·ies
1.
a. Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipation.
b. debaucheries Orgies.
2. Archaic Seduction from morality, allegiance, or duty.

Debauchery of bachelors—Hare.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.debauchery - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking

debauchery
noun depravity, excess, lust, revel, indulgence, orgy, incontinence, gluttony, dissipation, licentiousness, intemperance, overindulgence, lewdness, dissoluteness, carousal The police were called to quell scenes of violence and debauchery.
Translations
debauchery [dɪˈbɔːtʃərɪ] Nlibertinaje m, depravación f
debauchery [dɪˈbɔːtʃəri] ndébauche f
debauchery
nAusschweifung f, → Debauche f (old); a life of debaucheryein zügelloses or ausschweifendes Leben
debauchery [dɪˈbɔːtʃrɪ] ndissolutezza
debauchery [dɪˈbɔːtʃrɪ] ndissolutezza


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Finally, it was said, a thing quite horrible in a boy of sixteen, that his debauchery often extended as far as the Rue de Glatigny.
On the other hand, he possibly spent more money in relieving hard-luck cases than did the wildest of the new millionaires on insane debauchery.
It suits you so badly- all this debauchery, dissipation, and the rest of it
 
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