debauchery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: debauchery	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for debauchery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debauchery n a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonym(s): orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debauchery \Debauch"ery\, n.; pl. {Debaucheries}. 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. --Burke. 2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat.