debauch

/di'bɔ:tʃ/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity: "Debauch" refers to an event or period of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, particularly involving heavy drinking and sexual activity.

  2. Verb:

    • To corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality: To lead someone away from virtue or proper conduct, especially through excessive indulgence in physical pleasures.
    • To seduce: To lead someone, typically a woman, into sexual activity.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The party quickly descended into a drunken debauch.
    • His life was a continuous cycle of work and debauch.

  • Verb:

    • The tyrant sought to debauch the minds of the populace with propaganda and vice.
    • He was accused of trying to debauch the young woman with promises of fame.
Advanced Usage
  • "To go on a debauch": to engage in a period of excessive indulgence.
    • After the stressful project, he went on a three-day debauch.
  • "A night of debauch": a night characterized by excessive drinking and promiscuity.
    • The tales of his nights of debauch were legendary and scandalous.
Variants and Related Words
  • Debauchery (n): excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; the state or an instance of being debauched.
    • The film depicted the debauchery of the Roman empire.
  • Debauched (adj): corrupted or degraded, especially in morals; given to excessive indulgence.
    • He lived a debauched life in his later years.
  • Debauchee (n): a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
    • The old debauchee had many stories, but few regrets.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Orgy, bacchanal, revelry, saturnalia.
  • Verb: Corrupt, deprave, pervert, seduce, demoralize.
Related Phrases
  • "To lead a life of debauch": to live a life characterized by constant excessive indulgence.
    • The prince led a life of debauch, ignoring his royal duties.
Related Idioms
  • "The wages of debauch": the negative consequences that result from a life of excessive indulgence (a play on the biblical phrase "the wages of sin").
    • His failing health was the wages of debauch.
Noun
  1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Verb
  1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
    • debauch the young people with wine and women
    • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
    • Do school counselors subvert young children?
    • corrupt the morals

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