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From debauch +‎ -ery. First use appears c. 1642.

(UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈbɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹi/
(US) IPA(key): /dɪˈbɔ.t͡ʃə.ɹi/, /dɪˈbɑ.t͡ʃə.ɹi/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈboː.t͡ʃə.ɹi/

debauchery (countable and uncountable, plural debaucheries)

An excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
life of debauchery
drunken debauchery
moral debauchery
The novel depicts the debauchery of the ruling class.
He sank into a life of debauchery.
(archaic) A seduction from duty.

debauchery

Arabic: فُجُور (ar) m (fujūr), إِغْوَاء m (ʔiḡwāʔ), فُسُوق m (fusūq)
Armenian: անառակություն (hy) (anaṙakutʻyun)
Belarusian: распуста f (raspusta)
Bulgarian: разврат (bg) m (razvrat)
Catalan: disbauxa (ca) f, llibertinatge m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淫逸 (zh) (yínyì), 邪淫 (zh) (xiéyín), 酒色 (zh) (jiǔsè), 放蕩 / 放荡 (zh) (fàngdàng)
Czech: zhýralost f, hýření n, prostopášnost (cs) f, nezřízenost f
Danish: udskejelse c, udsvævelse c
Dutch: losbandigheid (nl), zedeloosheid (nl)
Esperanto: diboĉo
Farefare: yalsɩ
Finnish: irstailu (fi)
French: débauche (fr) f, dévergondage (fr) f, débaucherie (fr)
German: Ausschweifung (de) f, Schwelgerei f, Verkommenheit (de) f, Sittenlosigkeit f, Genusssucht (de) f, Genußsucht (de) f, Zügellosigkeit (de) f
Greek: ακολασία (el) f (akolasía), κραιπάλη (el) f (kraipáli)
Hebrew: הוֹלֵלוּת f (holelút)
Hungarian: kicsapongás (hu)
Italian: depravazione (it) f, perversione (it) f, viziosità f, immoralità (it) f, licenziosità (it) f, dissolutezza (it) f
Japanese: 淫乱 (ja) (いんらん, inran), 漁色 (ja) (ぎょしょく, gyoshoku), 放蕩 (ja) (ほうとう, hōtō), 淫逸 (ja) (いんいつ, in'itsu), 酒色 (ja) (しゅしょく, shushoku)
Macedonian: разврат m (razvrat)
Māori: tautau(w)hea
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skjørlevnet (no) n
Persian: عیاشی (fa) ('ayyâši)
Polish: rozpusta (pl) f
Portuguese: libertinagem (pt) f, putaria (pt) f, safadeza (pt) f
Romanian: desfrâu (ro) n, desfrânare (ro) f, depravare (ro) f
Russian: развра́т (ru) m (razvrát), дебо́ш (ru) m (debóš)
Serbo-Croatian: razvrat (sh) m
Slovene: razuzdanost f
Spanish: libertinaje (es) m, puterío (es) m
Swedish: sedeslöshet (sv)
Turkish: çapkınlık (tr), ahlaksızlık (tr)
Ukrainian: розпуста f (rozpusta)
licentiousness
hedonism
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
WordNet 3.0 (Princeton University); “debauchery”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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