Meaning of "debauch" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEBAUCH

From Old French desbaucher to corrupt, literally: to shape (timber) roughly, from bauch beam, of Germanic origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DEBAUCH

debauch  [dɪˈbɔːtʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEBAUCH

Debauch is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb debauch in English.

WHAT DOES DEBAUCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Corruption

In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken". The word was first used by Aristotle and later by Cicero who added the terms bribe and abandonment of good habits. Morris, a professor of politics, corruption is the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Economist I. Senior defines corruption as an action to secretly provide a good or a service to a third party so that he or she can influence certain actions which benefit the corrupt, a third party, or both in which the corrupt agent has authority.

Definition of debauch in the English dictionary

The first definition of debauch in the dictionary is to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence. Other definition of debauch is to seduce. Debauch is also an instance or period of extreme dissipation.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEBAUCH

PRESENT

Present

I debauch

you debauch

he/she/it debauches

we debauch

you debauch

they debauch

Present continuous

I am debauching

you are debauching

he/she/it is debauching

we are debauching

you are debauching

they are debauching

Present perfect

I have debauched

you have debauched

he/she/it has debauched

we have debauched

you have debauched

they have debauched

Present perfect continuous

I have been debauching

you have been debauching

he/she/it has been debauching

we have been debauching

you have been debauching

they have been debauching

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I debauched

you debauched

he/she/it debauched

we debauched

you debauched

they debauched

Past continuous

I was debauching

you were debauching

he/she/it was debauching

we were debauching

you were debauching

they were debauching

Past perfect

I had debauched

you had debauched

he/she/it had debauched

we had debauched

you had debauched

they had debauched

Past perfect continuous

I had been debauching

you had been debauching

he/she/it had been debauching

we had been debauching

you had been debauching

they had been debauching

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will debauch

you will debauch

he/she/it will debauch

we will debauch

you will debauch

they will debauch

Future continuous

I will be debauching

you will be debauching

he/she/it will be debauching

we will be debauching

you will be debauching

they will be debauching

Future perfect

I will have debauched

you will have debauched

he/she/it will have debauched

we will have debauched

you will have debauched

they will have debauched

Future perfect continuous

I will have been debauching

you will have been debauching

he/she/it will have been debauching

we will have been debauching

you will have been debauching

they will have been debauching

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would debauch

you would debauch

he/she/it would debauch

we would debauch

you would debauch

they would debauch

Conditional continuous

I would be debauching

you would be debauching

he/she/it would be debauching

we would be debauching

you would be debauching

they would be debauching

Conditional perfect

I would have debauch

you would have debauch

he/she/it would have debauch

we would have debauch

you would have debauch

they would have debauch

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been debauching

you would have been debauching

he/she/it would have been debauching

we would have been debauching

you would have been debauching

they would have been debauching

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you debauch
we let´s debauch
you debauch

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to debauch

Past participle

debauched

Present Participle

debauching

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DEBAUCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «debauch» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of debauch

bacchanalia · bender · binge · bout · carousal · carouse · corrupt · deflower · demoralize · deprave · fling · lead astray · orgy · pervert · pollute · ravish · ruin · seduce · spree · subvert · violate · vitiate

TRANSLATION OF DEBAUCH

Find out the translation of debauch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of debauch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «debauch» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 放荡
• Translator English - Spanish: debauch
• English: debauch
• Translator English - Hindi: छिनाला
• Translator English - Arabic: فسق
• Translator English - Russian: разврат
• Translator English - Portuguese: corromper
• Translator English - Bengali: লম্পট করা
• Translator English - French: débaucher
• Translator English - Malay: Debauch
• Translator English - German: Ausschweifung
• Translator English - Japanese: 暴飲暴食
• Translator English - Korean: 방탕
• Translator English - Javanese: Debauch
• Translator English - Vietnamese: làm hư
• Translator English - Tamil: மோசமாக்கலாம்
• Translator English - Marathi: लबाडी
• Translator English - Turkish: debauch
• Translator English - Italian: corrompere
• Translator English - Polish: rozpuście
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розпуста
• Translator English - Romanian: corupi
• Translator English - Greek: υπονομεύσει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: boemelen
• Translator English - Swedish: fördärva
• Translator English - Norwegian: debauch

2 QUOTES WITH «DEBAUCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word debauch.

1

James Buchan

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

2

Vladimir Lenin

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEBAUCH»

Discover the use of debauch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to debauch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Divine Debauch: Chronicles of a Dissolute Youth in the ...

Debauching in disreputable sailor dives along the waterfront in New Orleans' French Quarter, Tommy Youngblood, a gay college boy, enjoys his own "La Dolce Vita" and dances through an epic series of love affairs and amorous adventures.

Richard Balthazar, 2003

The Country Carter's Garland, Shewing the Debauch'd ...

.î L“ Y _lcopnïry ‚А! ~ ` . Г— ` _A ?`_ ‹ ~ Tm ', . Ä {к l д .. 'f Ё. »I ‚А. ; ' "' ii. ` ГМ G '°' д _. 'The debauch'd Intrea'gues of the Town', and . ‚ч' › А u .a ‚4 выгьатщвдв1еагыу' ез ora Свинец-упав. g, ' ~ r . 'A t s, ч '› ч. l .fr n .a u' g ` I i х} .` '1”" “" l. l Il «u .n ...

Unabridged Dictionary of Sensations as If

fusion as if after a night's debauch. La- mt'um (A) Debauch Disturbance. — Great disturbance of the general condition ; feeling as if after a debauch. Coniinum (A) Debauch Dizzy. — Head dizzy and thick, as if after a night of debauch. Clematis ...

J. W. Ward, 2003

Unabridged Dictionary of the Sensations "as If".

Lac Vac- cinum Defloratum (Hg) Debauch Awakening. — Sensation in the head as if from awaking after excessive debauch. Opium (Hg) Debauch Confusion. — A dull and confused fueling in the head, as if after a debauch. Dulcamara (DN) ...

James William Ward, 1985

Dictionary of the English Language Exhibiting Orthography, ...

Г indulgence, or debauchery. Debauch, dc-bawch', s. 8, 29. A fit of in te гор., Debauch , vt To corrupt or vitiate (as prin., &c.) j appr., to corr. or defile with lewdness, or with intemp. (but ch. the first) ; to pervert, to seduce from allegiance or duty.

Arnold James Cooley, 1861

A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...

DEBAUCH'ED, pp. Corrupted; vitiated in morals or purity of character. DEBAUCH' EDLY, adv. In a profligate manner. Cowley. DEBAUCH'EDNESS, n. Intemperance. Bp. Hall. DEBAUCHEE', n. A man given to intemperance, or bacchanalian ...

Noah Webster, 1832

Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...

DEBAUCH, a. /. [from the verb.] 1. A fit of intemperance. — He will for some time contain himself within the bounds of sobriety; till □within a little while he recovers his former debauch, and is well again, and then his appetite returns. Calamy. 1.

The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...

Debau'clied (p. from debauch) Corrupted, vitiated by lewdness, vitiated by intemperance. Debauch' edness {s. not mucb used, from debauched) The , state of being debauched. Débauche* e (5. /row debauch) Araan given up to lewd- nels and ...

John Ash, 1775

English and Chinese Dictionary: With the Punti and Mandarin ...

Debatingly Щ tyi pin2 £ín. Pien jen. Debauch, to corrupt or vitiate, Щ wái2. Hwái, Щ Щ tuk2 wái2. Tub hwái ; ditto by teaching, Щ^Щ káu' war. Kiáu hwái ; ditto by pollution, ЩЩ tú уикг. Wú juh, ffî Ц£ eú wai\ Wú wei ; ditto by lewdness, jtgi syam.

William Lobscheid, 1867

Lethe Music Be Free!!!

I lust from old Daniel I lust all the way up to Paul & Paul? he said it all Now you can't walk at all All because of Paul I debauch for old Henry Miller I debauch for old Haidakhan Babaji I debauch for old Ida Mae Pringold I debauch for Fay Ray I  ...

w.r. "Wild Billy" wolf

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEBAUCH»

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Teacher Suspended, Arrested for 'Molesting' Minor Student

A hunt has been launched to nab that debauch and finally he was arrested on Wednesday,” SDPO Pattan said adding that an FIR vide number ... «Kashmir Life, Jul 15»

Wilson honor roll released

... Megan Block, *Lily Boos, Madalynn Buchner, *Mackenzie Callsen, *Fiona Crowley-Oswald, Eli DeBauch, *Mariah DeBauch, *Jacob DeBruin, ... «Herald Times Reporter, Jul 15»

Sam de Brito: Shut-in life is easier than ever

They might not "debauch the children of free-born citizens" but every vice, novelty and horror can be indulged, ordered or play-acted online. «The Age, Jul 15»

Stop the Boats, Death Cult: why slogans are the lowest form of …

And political slogans debauch our roads and highways. “Keep Left” signs left over from the Whitlam era are being replaced by the Libs with ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

Awadh, through Muzaffar Ali's Jaanisaar

Many may know Wajid Ali Shah as the debauch king who was deposed to Calcutta by the British, but there was creative genius in him as well. «Business Standard, Jul 15»

Why Greece Will Stay in the Euro Zone

That's especially true, given the propensity of Greek politicians to debauch the national currency by running the printing presses nonstop. «Barron's, Jul 15»

Parents, don't be fooled: The sex-ed agenda is more sinister than …

... I think he was probably the first person to do so - was to debauch the minds and morals of religiously-brought up young women particularly. «Lifesite, Jun 15»

Digital Caligulas - the shut-in economy

They might not "debauch the children of free-born citizens" like the Caesars but every vice, novelty and horror can still be indulged, ordered or ... «The Age, Jun 15»

Leonia man faces sexual assault charges in new indictment

... sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct that would impair or debauch the morals of ... «NorthJersey.com, Jun 15»

Demonetisation: The end of Zimbabwean dollar

Former Russian leader Vladimir Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch the currency. «Zimbabwe Independent, Jun 15»