debauchery (deˈbauchery) or debauchment (deˈbauchment)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Old French desbaucher to corrupt, literally: to shape (timber) roughly, from bauch beam, of Germanic origin
debauch in American English
(diˈbɔtʃ; dɪˈbɔtʃ)
verb transitive
1.
to lead astray morally; corrupt; deprave
noun
2.
debauchery (sense 1)
3.
an orgy
SIMILAR WORDS: deˈbase
Derived forms
debauchedly (deˈbauchedly) (dɪˈbɔtʃɪdli)
adverb
debaucher (deˈbaucher)
noun
debauchment (deˈbauchment)
noun
Word origin
Fr débaucher < OFr desbaucher, to seduce, orig., to separate (branches from trunk) < des-, away from + bauch, beam, tree trunk < Frank *balko, beam: for IE base see balk
Synonyms of 'debauch'
corrupt, seduce, pollute, pervert
seduce, ruin, violate, ravish
orgy, fling, bout, spree
More Synonyms of debauch
1 (verb)
Definition
to make someone bad or corrupt, esp. sexually
a film accused of debauching public morals
Synonyms
corrupt
Cruelty depraves and corrupts.
seduce
pollute
a man accused of polluting the minds of children
pervert
He was accused of perverting the nation's youth.
subvert
an attempt to subvert the electoral process
deprave
material likely to deprave those who hear or read it
demoralize
lead astray
vitiate
His otherwise admirable character is vitiated by his pride.
2 (verb)
Definition
to make someone bad or corrupt, esp. sexually
Synonyms
seduce
a young lacemaker seduced by an aristocrat
ruin
violate
ravish (literary)
lead astray
deflower
(noun)
The party degenerated into a drunken debauch.
Synonyms
orgy
a drunken orgy
fling
the last fling before you take up a job
bout
spree
They attacked two London shops after a drinking spree.
binge (informal)
She went on occasional drinking binges.
bender (informal)
carouse
saturnalia
bacchanalia
carousal
Additional synonyms
in the sense of binge
Definition
a bout of excessive eating or drinking
She went on occasional drinking binges.
Synonyms
bout,
session (informal),
spell,
fling,
feast,
stint,
spree,
orgy,
bender (informal),
jag (slang),
beano (British, slang),
sesh (slang),
blind (slang)
in the sense of deflower
Definition
to deprive (a woman) of her virginity
Synonyms
seduce,
dishonour,
deprave
in the sense of deprave
material likely to deprave those who hear or read it