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Antonyms for debauch

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-bawch
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbɔtʃ

Definition of debauch

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French débaucher "entice from work or duty," from Old French desbaucher "to lead astray," supposedly literally "to trim (wood) to make a beam" (from bauch "beam," from Frankish balk or some other Germanic source akin to English balk). A sense of "shaving" something away, perhaps, but the root is also said to be a word meaning "workshop," which gets toward the notion of "to lure someone off the job;" either way the sense evolution is unclear.
  • verb deprave, corrupt
Example sentences :
  • In a moment the cobwebs of his debauch began to fall from him, and he became alert.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Of the younger men, many were sleeping off the debauch of the previous evening.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • Is it no part of the price that you spend your days in pleasure and your nights in debauch?
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • Can I even trust him in hours of convivial abandonment and debauch?
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • The old chief seemed contrite after his debauch, but did not mention it.
  • Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
  • Dawson Charlie, reeling home from a debauch, drowns in the river.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • In all that fierce madness of debauch, thank God, I retained my honour.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • The place was deserted, strewed with débris of the night's debauch.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • It favors not the association of the cup, the dice-box, or the debauch.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
  • All this was by way of preparation for the evening's debauch.
  • Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai

Synonyms for debauch

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