debauchery


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debauchery

A poetic (i.e., non-medical) term for excess indulgence in sensual pleasures, especially sexual, but also alcohol and/or drugs.
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Finally, it was said, a thing quite horrible in a boy of sixteen, that his debauchery often extended as far as the Rue de Glatigny.
On the other hand, he possibly spent more money in relieving hard-luck cases than did the wildest of the new millionaires on insane debauchery. Father Judge, of the hospital, could have told of far more important donations than that first ten sacks of flour.
I think, even, he hated the inevitable partner in his debauchery. When he had regained command over himself, he shuddered at the sight of the woman he had enjoyed.
Was this a people to stand in his way, to claim the protection and sympathy of foreign governments against their own bond, that they might keep their land for misuse and their bodies for debauchery? He looked backwards and listened.
It is said that the Margravine would give herself up to debauchery and exceedingly fast living for several months at a time, and then retire to this miserable wooden den and spend a few months in repenting and getting ready for another good time.
Did I teach the one his vices, and the other his debauchery? If Kent's silly son takes his wife from the streets, what is that to me?
Summary: Man accused of inciting debauchery and purposeful collision
They routinely arrest people suspected of engaging in consensual homosexual conduct on charges of "debauchery", immorality or blasphemy.
Hippocrates described it in the 5th century BC as "the arthritis of the rich" and the physician Galen in the second century AD said it was due to "debauchery and intemperance."
The main opposition party noted that Osinbajo should know that 'he has come to the end of the road and that Nigerians have completely lost faith in him, since the House of Representatives exposed his complicity in this unpardonable debauchery against weak and vulnerable citizens.'
It now looks like the debauchery which takes place in the likes of Ayia Napa each summer was going on in prehistory.
(Screenshot) CAIRO: A Cairo court has acquitted a low-profile Egyptian singer who was charged with "inciting debauchery and immorality" last month over a controversial music video.