debauch (n.)

  1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

    [ Syn: orgy , debauchery , saturnalia , riot , bacchanal , bacchanalia , drunken revelry ]

    debauch (v.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: corrupt , pervert , subvert , demoralize , demoralise , debase , profane , vitiate , deprave , misdirect ]

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