debauch

(dĭ-bôch')

v., -bauched, -bauch·ing, -bauch·es.

v.tr.

1. 1. To corrupt morally.
   2. To lead away from excellence or virtue.
2. To reduce the value, quality, or excellence of; debase. See synonyms at corrupt.
3. Archaic. To cause to forsake allegiance.

v.intr.
To indulge in dissipation.

n.

1. The act or a period of debauchery.
2. An orgy.

[French débaucher, from Old French desbauchier, to lead astray, roughhew timber : des-, de- + bauch, beam, of Germanic origin.]

debauchedly de·bauch'ed·ly (-bô'chĭd-lē) adv.
debaucher de·bauch'er n.

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verb

1. To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp. See clean/dirty, help/harm/harmless.
2. To lure or persuade into a sexual relationship or a sexual act: seduce, undo. See sex/asexual.

v

Definition: deprave, corrupt
Antonyms: clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade

IN BRIEF: To lead away from virtue or morality; to corrupt.

Riches debauched one class with idleness of mind and body. — Edward Bellamy.

Tutor's tip: We may have to "debouch" (to emerge) from this neighborhood if we want to "debauch" (to seduce) anyone into helping with the campaign.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ødelægge moralsk, få til at skeje ud, forføre
v. intr. - frådse
n. - udskejelse, udsvævende liv

Nederlands (Dutch)
verleiden, op het slechte pad brengen, uitspatting

Français (French)
v. tr. - débaucher, corrompre, séduire (une femme), vicier (un goût)
v. intr. - s'adonner à la débauche
n. - débauche

Deutsch (German)
v. - korrumpieren, verführen
n. - Ausschweifung, Gelage

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαφθείρω (τα χρηστά ήθη), εκμαυλίζω
n. - ακολασία, κραιπάλη

Italiano (Italian)
stravizio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - corromper, entregar-se a orgias
n. - devassidão (f), orgia (f)

Русский (Russian)
оргия

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - corromper, seducir
v. intr. - libertinar
n. - corrupción, libertinaje

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - korrumpera, fördärva
n. - orgie

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使堕落, 放荡

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使墮落
v. intr. - 放蕩
n. - 放蕩

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (마음 등을) 오염시키다, (여자를) 꼬시다, (주색으로) 타락시키다
v. intr. - 방탕하다, 주색에 몰입하다
n. - 방탕, 관세 환불 증명서

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 堕落させる, 誘惑する, 放蕩にふける
n. - 放蕩

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغوي ( شخص) على التصرف بطريقه غير أخلاقيه ( خاصه جنسيا), يفسد ( شخص), يفسق (الاسم) الفسق, حاله من الإفراط بالشرب أو التصرف الغير أخلاقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השחית, הדיח, היתעה‬
v. intr. - ‮זלל וסבא, התהולל‬
n. - ‮אורגיה, הילולה, זלילה וסביאה, השחתה, התמכרות‬

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