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de·bauch·er·y

   [dih-baw-chuh-ree]
noun, plural -er·ies.
1.
excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance.
2.
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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debauchery
1640s, from debauch (q.v.) + -ery. With a variety of spellings in 17c., e.g. debaush-, deboich-, debosh-.
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