Debauch

[dɪ'bɔːtʃ]

Definition

(n.) To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army.

(n.) Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.

(n.) An act or occasion of debauchery.

Typist: Willie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Corrupt, vitiate, deprave, pollute.[2]. Ravish, deflour, violate, commit a rape upon.

n. Potation, compotation, revels, revelry, orgies, bacchanals, saturnalia, carousal, drunken frolic, intemperate indulgence.

Checker: Reginald

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Seduce, corrupt, ravish, violate, pollute, defile, vitiate

ANT:Purify, enlighten, ameliorate, elevate, make_better

Inputed by Elliot

Definition

v.t. to lead away from duty or allegiance: to corrupt with lewdness: to pervert.—v.i. to indulge in revelry.—n. a fit of intemperance or debauchery.—p.adj. Debauched′ corrupt: profligate.—adv. Debauch′edly.—ns. Debauch′edness; Deb′auchee a libertine; Debauch′er; Debauch′ery excessive intemperance: habitual lewdness; Debauch′ment.

Inputed by Estella