debauches

Leads into excess

Debauches is the third-person singular form of the verb debauch, meaning to corrupt or lead someone into excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, particularly drinking, drugs, or sex.

A person who debauches another draws them away from virtue or sobriety into dissipation.

The libertine debauches everyone he meets.

As a noun, debauches are instances of wild, excessive partying or indulgence—nights of drinking and reckless behavior that one might regret afterward.

indulges

revelry

Noisy, lively celebration

dissipation · excess · decadence · orgy · bacchanal · carousal · riot · revel · spree · libertinism

corrupts

deprave

Corrupt morally

defile · corrupt · vitiate · subvert · sully · pollute · taint · warp · besmirch · dishonor

Opposites
moral corruption vs. moral elevation

debauchesuplifts

Raises emotionally or physically

elevates · ennobles · edifies · redeems · reforms

purity vs. contamination

debauchespurifies

Removes unwanted substances

cleanses · cleans · sanctifies · consecrates · hallows

indulgence vs. restraint

debauchesdisciplines

Branches of knowledge

restrains · abstains · moderates · tempers · sobers

Family

debauchery, debauch, debauched, debaucher, debauchee, debauching

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