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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Debauch \De*bauch"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Debauched}; p. pr & vb n. {Debauching}.] [F. d['e]baucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d['e]- (L. dis- or de) + OF bauche, bauge, hut, cf F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf Icel. b[=a]lkr. See {Balk}, n.] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition. --Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. --South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. --Cowley. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Debauched \De*bauched"\, a. Dissolute; dissipated. ``A coarse and debauched look.'' --Ld. Lytton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: debauched adj : unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: {degenerate}, {degraded}, {dissipated}, {dissolute}, {libertine}, {profligate}, {riotous}, {fast}]
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