Both Uses
debauchery
in
Rhinoceros, by Ionesco
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- BERENGER: Oh yes, his duty as an employee ... JEAN: Where did your debauch take place last night?†
p. 7.6 *debauch = to corrupt or seduce from virtue, duty, or allegiance OR excessive drinking, casual sex, and/or drug abuse while partying
- JEAN: It's the result of all your past debauches.†
p. 64.9
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) 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."