The Only Use of
debauchery
in
Jane Eyre
- I tried dissipation — never debauchery: that I hated, and hate.†
p. 358.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(debauchery) extreme indulgence in pleasures -- especially those considered immoral or harmful, such as drinking, partying, or other reckless behavior
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In the form, debauch or archaically in the form debauchery the word more commonly means "to corrupt or seduce from virtue, duty, or allegiance" as when Edmund Burke wrote "Learning not debauched by ambition," and "The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army."