debauchery

[US]/dɪ'bɔːtʃ(ə)rɪ/
[UK]/dɪ'bɔtʃəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Moral corruption, excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, debauchery.

Example Sentences

a life of debauchery

a night of debauchery

Real-world Examples

Then she fell back exhausted, for these transports of vague love wearied her more than great debauchery.

Source: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

Non-college-goers who come to join in the debauchery commit more serious crimes- feuds become perilous when partiers bring pistols.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Did I teach the one his vices, and the other his debauchery?

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Heat induces languor and stillness—but also debauchery and frenzy.

Source: The Economist Culture

World domination by day, debauchery by night.

Source: Gossip Girl Season 5

I led the life of so many other so-called respectable people, --that is, in debauchery.

Source: Kreutzer Sonata

I tried dissipation—never debauchery: that I hated, and hate.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

This combined with a reputation for debauchery led to him being seen as a 'second  Nero'.

Source: Character Profile

All the loathesomeness with which the vilest debauchery can invest sensual love presented itself to her imagination.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

The majority of people in contemporary society give themselves up to this debauchery without the slightest remorse.

Source: Kreutzer Sonata

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