Dictionary Definition
debauchery n : a wild gathering involving
excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken
revelry]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
- Seduction from duty.
References
- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
- WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=debauchery&x=0&y=0
Extensive Definition
- For the German death metal band, see Debauchery (band).
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
carousal, carouse, debauch, debauchment, dissipation, dissoluteness, fastness, free living, gallantry, high living,
killing pace, libertinage, libertinism, license, licentiousness, orgy, profligacy, rakishness, riotous living,
saturnalia, unbridledness, venery, wenching, whoring, wildness