debauchery

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noun, plural de·bauch·er·ies.

excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance.

Archaic. seduction from duty, allegiance, or virtue.

Origin:
1635–45; debauch + -ery

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debauch (dɪˈbɔːtʃ)

—vb
1.	(when tr, usually passive) to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
2.	(tr) to seduce (a woman)

—n
3.	an instance or period of extreme dissipation

[C16: from Old French desbaucher to corrupt, literally: to shape (timber) roughly, from bauch beam, of Germanic origin]

debauchedly

—*adv*

de'bauchedness

—n

de'baucher

—n

de'bauchery

—n

de'bauchment

—n

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