DEBAUCHERY

orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry

(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

debauchery (countable and uncountable, plural debaucheries)

Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.

(archaic) Seduction from duty.

Synonyms

• licentiousness

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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