debauch
[verb]
Synonyms: debase, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, corrupt, demoralize, deprave, pervert, vitiate, warp, seduce, undo
[noun]
Synonyms: orgy, bacchanal, bacchanalia, group grope, party, saturnalia

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Contrasted words: amend, remedy, clean, cleanse, purge, purify, preserve, reclaim, save
Related Words: decoy, inveigle, lure, seduce, tempt

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debauch noun. [dɪ'bɔ:tʃ] Now chiefly literary. E17.
[French débauche, formed as DEBAUCH verb.]
1. A bout of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; an orgy, a spree. E17.
■ S. Pepys My head akeing all day from last night's debauch.

2. The habit or practice of sensual indulgence. L17.
■ J. S. Blackie All debauch is incipient suicide.

3. transf. & fig. An excess. L17.
■ G. Orwell An enormous debauch of work.

4. A debauchee. Long obsolete exc. dial. L17.

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debauch verb. [dɪ'bɔ:tʃ] Now chiefly literary. Also debosh. L16.
[French débaucher, Old French desbaucher, from des- DE- 3 + elem. of unkn. origin.]
I. verb trans.
1. Turn away, entice, or seduce from allegiance or duty. (Foll. by from a leader etc., to an action etc.) L16-E19.
■ James Mill To betray their master and debauch his army.

2. Pervert from virtue or morality, corrupt, deprave, esp. by intemperance or sensual indulgence. L16.
■ J. Tillotson To debauch himself by intemperance and brutish sensuality.
b. Seduce (a woman) from chastity. E18.

3. Damage in reputation, disparage. E-M17.

4. Deprave, vitiate, (the senses, judgement, etc.). M17.
■ Sir W. Scott They debauch the spirit of the ignorant and credulous with mystical trash.

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debauch(2)
II. verb intrans.

5. Indulge riotously or to excess in sensual pleasures. Now rare or obsolete. E17.

■ debaucher noun E17.

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