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debauch verb [ dɪˈbɔːtʃ ]

• destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.
• "he has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament"

debauch noun

• a bout of excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.
• "Patrick looked utterly untouched by the previous night's debauch"
Origin: late 16th century: from French débaucher (verb) ‘turn away from one's duty’, from Old French desbaucher, of uncertain ultimate origin.


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