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   debauch

   /dɪˈbɔːtʃ/

   verb

   • 1. destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt: "he has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament"
   • ▪ seduce (a woman): "he debauches the doctor's teenage daughter"

   noun

   • 1. a bout of excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs: "Patrick looked utterly untouched by the previous night's debauch"
   • ▪ the practice of excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs: "his life had been spent in debauch"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French débaucher (verb) ‘turn away from one's duty’, from Old French desbaucher, of uncertain ultimate origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. debaucher noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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