debauch
Lead into excess
To debauch is to corrupt or lead astray, especially into excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures—drinking, sex, or other dissipation.
The word carries moral weight: you debauch someone's character or innocence.
As a noun, a debauch is a bout of such indulgence: After a weekend debauch, he swore off alcohol.
The related noun debauchery names the lifestyle.
Boisterous drinking spree
- bacchanaliaUninhibited drunken festivity
- orgyUnrestrained collective indulgence
- revelCelebrate with abandon
- carouseDrink and celebrate noisily
spree · bender · binge · wild party · merrymaking · wassail · bacchanalian · romp
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
immoderation · self-indulgence · profligacy · extravagance · gorging · bingeing · overconsumption · satiation
Excessive disregard for morality
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
- voluptuousnessSensual abundance and curves
libertinism · wantonness · lasciviousness · sensual pleasure · eroticism · promiscuity · sybaritism · lustfulness
Profound moral corruption
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
- debasementDiminishing worth or purity
- degradationDecline in condition
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
seduction · immorality · vice · profligacy · turpitude · dissoluteness · moral decay · ruination
carousal
Boisterous drinking spree
- bacchanaliaUninhibited drunken festivity
- orgyUnrestrained collective indulgence
- revelCelebrate with abandon
carouse · spree · bender · binge · wild party · merrymaking · wassail · bacchanalian · romp · fling
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
dissipation · immoderation · self-indulgence · profligacy · extravagance · gorging · bingeing · overconsumption · satiation · abandonment
licentiousness
Excessive disregard for morality
voluptuousness · libertinism · wantonness · lasciviousness · sensual pleasure · eroticism · promiscuity · sybaritism · lustfulness · concupiscence
depravity
Profound moral corruption
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
- debasementDiminishing worth or purity
- degradationDecline in condition
corruption · seduction · immorality · vice · profligacy · turpitude · dissoluteness · moral decay · ruination · defilement
- revelryrevelry, revel, festivity, festivities, celebration
debauchery, debauched, debaucher, debauchee, debauches, debauching