debauchery

  • 121drunken revelry — noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity • Syn: ↑orgy, ↑debauch, ↑debauchery, ↑saturnalia, ↑riot, ↑bacchanal, ↑bacchanalia • Derivationally related forms …

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  • 122de|bauch´er — de|bauch «dih BCH», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to lead away from duty, virtue, or morality; corrupt or seduce; demoralize: »Bad companions had debauched the boy. 2. to corrupt; pervert; deprave: »Figurative. to debauch humor. SYNONYM(S): vitiate. –v.i …

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  • 123de|bauch — «dih BCH», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to lead away from duty, virtue, or morality; corrupt or seduce; demoralize: »Bad companions had debauched the boy. 2. to corrupt; pervert; deprave: »Figurative. to debauch humor. SYNONYM(S): vitiate. –v.i …

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  • 124Debacchation — De bac*cha tion, n. [L. debacchatio.] Wild raving or debauchery. [R.] Prynne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 125Dissoluteness — Dis so*lute*ness, n. State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation. [1913 Webster] Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness. Bancroft. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 126Libertinism — Lib er*tin*ism ( t[i^]n*[i^]z m), n. 1. The state of a libertine or freedman. [R.] Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness. [1913 Webster] 3. Licentiousness of principle or opinion. [1913 Webster] That spirit of… …

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  • 127Nero — Ne ro (n[=e] r[ o]), prop. n. A Roman emperor notorious for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant. {Ne*ro ni*an} (n[ e]*r[=o] n[i^]*an), a. [1913 Webster] Nero (originally Lucius Domitius… …

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  • 128Neronian — Nero Ne ro (n[=e] r[ o]), prop. n. A Roman emperor notorious for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant. {Ne*ro ni*an} (n[ e]*r[=o] n[i^]*an), a. [1913 Webster] Nero (originally Lucius Domitius …

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