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DEBAUCHERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Synonyms:
bacchanal; bacchanalia; debauch; debauchery; drunken revelry; orgy; riot; saturnalia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("debauchery" is a kind of...):
revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)
Derivation:
debauch (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)