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as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society
the fraternity brothers indulged in shameless debauchery all weekend
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as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
the minister decried what he called the debauchery of today's society
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as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
a night of drinking and debauchery at the gentleman's club
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Recent Examples of debauchery
To the show’s not-really-defense, it’s never taken a strong stance on Jimmy’s new approach, which followed a year of catatonia, debauchery and pawning his teenage daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell) off on their neighbor Liz (Christa Miller) to surrogate parent.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Yeah, a whole lot of debauchery and moshing going on.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
With kebab houses, burger bars, strip clubs, big screen TVs and pools, the bright lights and debauchery of Calle Gerona might be, depending on your viewpoint, the perfect night out, or hell on earth.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
The debauchery gets cut short when the vampires struggle to slumber and realize that housekeeping swept away their ancestral dirt.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Yeah, a whole lot of debauchery and moshing going on.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
With kebab houses, burger bars, strip clubs, big screen TVs and pools, the bright lights and debauchery of Calle Gerona might be, depending on your viewpoint, the perfect night out, or hell on earth.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
The debauchery gets cut short when the vampires struggle to slumber and realize that housekeeping swept away their ancestral dirt.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauchery
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The first is Sweeney Todd — an interesting choice, seeing as Stephen Sondheim’s cannibalistic tale explores themes of political corruption and the destructive forces of free markets.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
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The committee identified graft and corruption, inefficiencies and waste.Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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Refrigeration can slow down the degradation of certain products, keeping them good-to-use just a little bit longer.Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
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Despite the degradation caused by the passage of time and human activity, investigations enabled the identification of the ship's type, dimensions, construction method, the most likely construction date and remnants of its cargo.Newsweek, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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The film cares more for Romy’s enveloping sense of self than the depths of her immorality.Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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What captivated me about the series was its unwillingness to sugarcoat the immorality of man.Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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California For Subscribers The Mexican Mafia Tapes: Secret recordings reveal greed, betrayal — and a deal with the feds Sept. 4, 2024 Stinson had already been serving a life sentence for murdering a drug dealer in 1979.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, some ski industry observers say Vail's reluctance to increase patroller pay was part of a larger pattern of greed in a business largely controlled by two companies in North America: Vail, which runs 42 ski resorts worldwide, and the smaller Alterra, which operates 12.Erin Alberty, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Even after a 10-7 regular season and return to the playoffs — albeit a brief one after Sunday’s wild-card loss to Buffalo — established a new benchmark for success, the sins of the past lingered in the coach’s mind.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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But the sin of this particular series is one that's hard to get over: deep unpleasantness.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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The festival had a Christian tie-in, as a burst of hedonism before the austerity of Lent.Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
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His surreal, operatic films and television shows examined romance, consciousness, evil, and the enduring rot beneath suburban sheen and Hollywood glamor.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
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These evils are sensational and appalling, and there’s an impulse to perceive them as existing outside of our realities, perpetrated by people who aren’t like us.Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Debauchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchery. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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