Debauch — Defs

01 v. t. & i. To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch on…

imp. & p. p. Debauched; p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching

1.
To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army.
“Learning not debauched by ambition.” — Burke.

“A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.” — South.

“Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes.” — Cowley.

02 n. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.

1.
Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.
“The first physicians by debauch were made.” — Dryden.
2.
An act or occasion of debauchery.
“Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick.” — Cowley.