debauch

/di-ˈbȯch/

borrowed from French débaucher "to divert or distract (a person) from work, obligations, etc., tempt into excess or immorality," going back to Middle French, "to cause (a servant, worker) to leave his master's service," going back to Old French desbauchier "to scatter, disperse (people, a crowd)," presumably from an earlier sense "to rough-hew a beam from a larger log" (hence, "to split, separate") from des- dis--bauchier, verbal derivative of bauch (Walloon, Picard) "beam," borrowed from Old Low Franconian *balk-, going back to Germanic *balkōn "beam"

verb

to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality
to lead away from virtue or excellence
to seduce from chastity

debauched poets

debauched by ambition

debase vitiate deprave corrupt debauch pervert mean to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character. debase implies a loss of position, worth, value, or dignity. vitiate implies a destruction of purity, validity, or effectiveness by allowing entrance of a fault or defect.

noun

an act or occasion of extreme indulgence in sensuality or carnal pleasures : an act or occasion of debauchery
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