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as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society
the fraternity brothers indulged in shameless debauchery all weekend
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as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
the minister decried what he called the debauchery of today's society
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as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
a night of drinking and debauchery at the gentleman's club
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Recent Examples of debauchery
The ballet tries to capture that biography through movement, starting with a chapter in which Casanova actually entered religious life but left after being disenchanted — and, as the story goes, seduced into a life of debauchery.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
But that wasn't always the case; from the 1920s to the 1960s, the block in front of the Fidelity Hotel was the city's go-to spot for whiskey drinking and general debauchery.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2025
Babygirl isn’t Madame Bovary, which ends in suicide, let alone the Blanchett movie Notes From a Scandal (2006), a valuable lesson in how not to trust an unmarried older coworker (Judi Dench) with details about your extramarital debaucheries.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Jittery, glassy-eyed partygoers spotted in daylight signaled debauchery.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
But that wasn't always the case; from the 1920s to the 1960s, the block in front of the Fidelity Hotel was the city's go-to spot for whiskey drinking and general debauchery.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2025
Babygirl isn’t Madame Bovary, which ends in suicide, let alone the Blanchett movie Notes From a Scandal (2006), a valuable lesson in how not to trust an unmarried older coworker (Judi Dench) with details about your extramarital debaucheries.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Jittery, glassy-eyed partygoers spotted in daylight signaled debauchery.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauchery
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The unaccountable bureaucracy and bloated government that find a home there, and the public and private corruption that go along with them, face serious scrutiny and genuine antagonism for the first time in a while.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
2 Mar. 2025
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Countries with weak economic growth, high inflation, widespread corruption, and fragile institutions face the greatest risk.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Service degradation caused in some attacks has lasted multiple days, with some remaining ongoing as of the time this post went live.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
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Bristol Myers Squibb is leveraging AI and machine learning to advance protein degradation science.—
Tina Chakrabarty,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Segregationists resisted integration by calling it a threat, arguing that interracial relationships would foster immorality.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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Just as important, many have come to understand that the outside world hardly resembles the wasteland of deprivation, immorality, and criminality that official propaganda depicts.—
Jieun Baek,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Nov. 2016
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Jesse once again raises the bar with a bold examination of modern greed, power and male ambition.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Schwarz sees the blackout as a way for Americans to use their economic might in the form of their purchasing power to fight corporate greed and corrupt politicians.—
Anne Marie Lee,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Luther taught instead that God freely forgives the sins of believers.—
Michael Bruening,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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The pope’s hospitalization comes during the Vatican’s celebration of the jubilee, a tradition in the Catholic Church dedicated to the remission of sins that occurs every 50 years.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC News,
22 Feb. 2025
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At heritage steakhouses, beachside dining rooms and birthday-destination chains, diners are sparing no expense to indulge in a little midcentury hedonism by the coupe glass.—
Tanya Sichynsky,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Using the Hogan Values framework, people are higher or lower on motivators like power, hedonism, tradition, and altruism, among other things.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
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America’s stable vision of the world relied on the belief that good and evil are clearly delineated—a belief that was easier to maintain in the absence of complicating information.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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In a quiet and picturesque fishing village in Northern France, a very special child is born, unleashing a secret war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Debauchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchery. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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