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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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