Debauch

v. t. & i.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Debauched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] Learning not debauched by ambition. - Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. - South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. - Cowley.
n.	1.	Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. - Dryden.
	2.	An act or occasion of debauchery. Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick. - Cowley.

Noun	1.	debauch - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonyms: debauchery, drunken revelry, bacchanalia, saturnalia, bacchanal, orgy, riot
Verb	1.	debauch - 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" Synonyms: corrupt, debase, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert

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