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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
Florida’s raucous spring break reputation is one the state may never shake, thanks to a slew of Hollywood movies dramatizing the debauchery of a college trip to Fort Lauderdale.
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
The ballet tries to capture that biography through movement, starting with a chapter in which Casanova actually entered religious life but left after being disenchanted — and, as the story goes, seduced into a life of debauchery.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
But that wasn't always the case; from the 1920s to the 1960s, the block in front of the Fidelity Hotel was the city's go-to spot for whiskey drinking and general debauchery.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2025
Babygirl isn’t Madame Bovary, which ends in suicide, let alone the Blanchett movie Notes From a Scandal (2006), a valuable lesson in how not to trust an unmarried older coworker (Judi Dench) with details about your extramarital debaucheries.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
The ballet tries to capture that biography through movement, starting with a chapter in which Casanova actually entered religious life but left after being disenchanted — and, as the story goes, seduced into a life of debauchery.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
But that wasn't always the case; from the 1920s to the 1960s, the block in front of the Fidelity Hotel was the city's go-to spot for whiskey drinking and general debauchery.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2025
Babygirl isn’t Madame Bovary, which ends in suicide, let alone the Blanchett movie Notes From a Scandal (2006), a valuable lesson in how not to trust an unmarried older coworker (Judi Dench) with details about your extramarital debaucheries.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauchery
Noun
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Boland states that a comprehensive charter is needed to address Chicago’s continuing climate of political corruption.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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The growing pace of space as a commercial resource brings with it the prospect for misdeeds, corruption, piracy, and war.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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Overly broad agent objectives introduce performance degradation, making debugging and optimization significantly more challenging.—
Rick Kelly,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Where everything seems more and more about degradation.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2025
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Now, more than two years after the Evros Thirty-eight made landfall on the islet, Little Maria is practically a household name, synonymous with refugees’ immorality and the malfeasance of NGOs and journalists.—
Lauren Markham,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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At its core, moral outrage is a response to the feeling that others are acting immorally and that their immorality is destroying society.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Critics of this alignment of the wealthy argue that Trump’s policies thus align less with economic populism to help the average man and more with corporate greed to help these elites.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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Landing in the bottom are Henry (for the sin of a spongy scallion pancake), Paula (for texture issues), and Bailey (for the aforementioned Pile of Stuff).—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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But the occasional poach is perhaps no great sin, more akin to driving over the speed limit than, say, starting a forest fire.—
Mark Sundeen,
Outside Online,
19 Mar. 2025
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These basic ideas, far from revelatory, never come close to the trenchant critiques of hedonism in Wilde’s 1891 novel.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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At heritage steakhouses, beachside dining rooms and birthday-destination chains, diners are sparing no expense to indulge in a little midcentury hedonism by the coupe glass.—
Tanya Sichynsky,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Givens is an old-fashioned hero in a modern world, dealing with the forces of evil in his corner of Eastern Kentucky, particularly one tough guy played unforgettably by Walton Goggins.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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Eddie Barrish, the financially desperate, hapless criminal in this high-concept thriller, is played by Bill Skarsgard, who for once is on the receiving end of evil.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Debauchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchery. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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