Hypertext Webster Gateway: "debauchery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Debauchery \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
debauchery
n : a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {saturnalia}, {riot},
{bacchanal}, {bacchanalia}, {drunken revelry}]
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