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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
And not unlike that earlier film, this one takes its tale of debauchery and rectitude and reconciles everything with a fiery third act.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
For rappers — household names and aspiring stars alike — strip clubs can be more than dens of debauchery, according to a new docuseries on Atlanta’s famed Magic City.
—Nick Duffy, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
The best place to get your fix is Peach Valley Café, the spot to do everything from debriefing on the prior night's debauchery to meeting your parents for a wholesome breakfast during their campus visit.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The Speedway mulled banning carry-in beer to decrease the debauchery, the story said.
—Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 23 May 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
For rappers — household names and aspiring stars alike — strip clubs can be more than dens of debauchery, according to a new docuseries on Atlanta’s famed Magic City.
—Nick Duffy, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
The best place to get your fix is Peach Valley Café, the spot to do everything from debriefing on the prior night's debauchery to meeting your parents for a wholesome breakfast during their campus visit.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The Speedway mulled banning carry-in beer to decrease the debauchery, the story said.
—Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauchery
Noun
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Now its economy has collapsed under the weight of corruption, mismanagement, human rights violations and other woes.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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That’s what happened in October 2019, when demonstrations against corruption and high unemployment broke out across Iraq, leading to street clashes that left hundreds of people dead.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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The team believes their approach could eventually help regions struggling with industrial contamination and agricultural degradation.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Housing materials in artistic practice are fitting for an environment that is constantly under simultaneous construction and degradation, with sea levels continuing to rise, potholes throughout the city and as our own infrastructure buckles under the weight of an ever growing population.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The dress included a thigh-high slit for further sensuality.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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For Black women, that color has always carried a potent power that signals sensuality, seduction, and even softness.—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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Even aside from Trump’s own enthusiastic personal immorality and impiety, his political style — the pugnacious smear artist and demagogic braggart — was the antithesis of what evangelicals had sought before.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
23 Sep. 2025
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Hank isn’t being accused of mere immorality, after all; he’s being accused of rape, which was also a crime back in Kierkegaard’s days.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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There’s no tragic backstory here, no traumatic childhood event that turned Murdaugh into a killer, no motivators past greed.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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This specific quiet theater of greed, luck, and deceit is likely over.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Taken together, these triumphal and tragic elements constitute the ingredients for an epic historical narrative that defies all moralistic categories, a story rooted in the coexistence of grandeur and failure, brilliance and blindness, grace and sin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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In an era of 51st-state tensions, there’s something psychically fitting about Canada, America’s top hat, being used to reenact so many of America’s sins.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2025
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Here, Stamp is pitted against a smarmy California counterpart played by another counterculture screen legend — Peter Fonda, of Easy Rider fame — and both men show how much the optimistic hedonism of the ’60s has soured.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Dwarfing like a royal Turkish palace along the glittering shores of Belek—Regnum The Crown is a utopia of hedonism and millennial chic.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Another classic Halloween costume with plenty of room for creativity is the infamous evil clown, Joker (Joaquin Phoenix).—
Emma Kershaw,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Bible never calls wine evil – only the overindulgence of it.—
Lauren Green,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Debauchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchery. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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