noun
- A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
- synonyms: orgy, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
verb
- Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
- usage: "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, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
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