Debauch

[deĀ·bauch]

Debauch is an old word that speaks to an older time. It means to destroy the morals of someone. If you debauch a young girl, you introduce her to immoral activities. A debauch is also an excessive amount of eating or drinking.

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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.

Noun
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Verb
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"


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.


Debauch

De*bauch" , v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] [F. d'82baucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d'82- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. b'belkr. See Balk, 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.
Learning not debauched by ambition.
A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.
Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes.

Debauch

De*bauch", n. [Cf. F. d'82bauche.] 1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.
The first physicians by debauch were made.
2. An act or occasion of debauchery.
Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick.

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.

Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.

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Usage Examples

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.

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