[syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Debauch \De*bauch"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched; p.
pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] [F. d['e]baucher, prob.
originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d['e]-
(L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair
of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. b[=a]lkr.
See Balk, n.]
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.
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Learning not debauched by ambition. --Burke.
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A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched
and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.
--South.
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Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes.
--Cowley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Debauch \De*bauch"\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]bauche.]
1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness;
lewdness; debauchery.
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The first physicians by debauch were made. --Dryden.
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2. An act or occasion of debauchery.
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Silenus, from his night's debauch,
Fatigued and sick. --Cowley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
debauch
n 1: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery,
saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken
revelry]
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, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate,
deprave, misdirect]