English
Etymology
From debauch + -ery , 1640s.
Pronunciation
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Noun
debauchery (countable and uncountable , plural debaucheries )
Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
( archaic ) Seduction from duty.
Synonyms
Translations
debauchery
Arabic: فُجُور m ( fujūr ) , إِغْوَاء m ( ʔiḡwāʔ ) , فُسُوق m ( fusūq )
Armenian: անառակություն (hy) ( anaṙakutʻyun )
Bulgarian: разврат (bg) m ( razvrat )
Catalan: disbauxa (ca) f , llibertinatge m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淫逸 (zh) ( yínyì ) , 邪淫 (zh) ( xiéyín ) , 酒色 (zh) ( jiǔsè ) , 放蕩 / 放荡 (zh) ( fàngdàng ) , 放荡 (zh) ( fàngdàng )
Czech: zhýralost f , hýření n
Dutch: losbandigheid (nl) , zedeloosheid (nl)
Esperanto: diboĉo
Finnish: irstailu (fi)
French: débauche (fr) f , dévergondage (fr) f
German: Ausschweifung (de) f , Schwelgerei f , Verkommenheit f , Sittenlosigkeit f , Genusssucht (de) f , Genußsucht (de) f , Zügellosigkeit (de) f
Greek: ακολασία (el) f ( akolasía ) , κραιπάλη (el) f ( kraipáli )
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Hebrew: הוֹלֵלוּת f ( holelút )
Italian: depravazione (it) f , perversione (it) f , viziosità f , immoralità (it) f , licenziosità (it) f , dissolutezza f
Japanese: 淫乱 ( いんらん, inran ) , 漁色 ( ぎょしょく, gyoshoku ) , 放蕩 (ja) ( ほうとう, hōtō ) , 淫逸 ( いんいつ, in'itsu ) , 酒色 ( しゅしょく, shushoku )
Macedonian: разврат m ( razvrat )
Norwegian: skjørlevnet
Persian: عیاشی (fa) ( 'ayyâši )
Polish: rozpusta (pl) f
Portuguese: libertinagem (pt) f , baixaria (pt) f , deboche (pt) m
Romanian: desfrâu (ro) n , desfrânare (ro) f , depravare (ro) f
Russian: развра́т (ru) m ( razvrát ) , дебо́ш (ru) m ( debóš )
Serbo-Croatian: razvrat (sh) m
Spanish: libertinaje (es) m , depravación (es) f
Swedish: sedeslöshet (sv)
Turkish: çapkınlık (tr)
See also
References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
WordNet 3.0 (Princeton University) ; “debauchery ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present.