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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
Noun
excessive drunkenness or sexual activity
Debauchery of bachelors—Hare.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.debauchery - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
debauch, drunken revelry, bacchanalia, saturnalia, bacchanal, orgy, riot
revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking
debauchery
noun depravity, excess, lust, revel, indulgence, orgy, incontinence, gluttony, dissipation, licentiousness, intemperance, overindulgence, lewdness, dissoluteness, carousal
Translations

debauchery [dɪˈbɔːtʃərɪ] n → libertinaje m
debauchery [dɪˈbɔːtʃərɪ] n → débauche f
debauchery [dɪˈbɔːtʃərɪ] n → Ausschweifungen pl
debauchery [dɪˈbɔːtʃərɪ] n → dissolutezza


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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.
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