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Freedom vs Debauchery - What's the difference?

freedom | debauchery |

As nouns the difference between freedom and debauchery

is that freedom is the state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved while debauchery is indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.

freedom

English

(wikipedia freedom)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
  • (countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
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  • Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
  • * Milton
    • I emboldened spake and freedom used.
  • Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.

    • Usage notes

    * The phrase "freedom from" can have as an object: fear, want, hunger, pain, disease, stress, depression, debt, poverty, necessity, violence, war, advertising, addiction, etc.

    Synonyms

    * liberty * license * exemption

    Antonyms

    * bondage * constraint

    Derived terms

    * academic freedom * degree of freedom * economic freedom * financial freedom * freedom fighter * freedom fries * freedom march * freedom of assembly * freedom of association * freedom of contract * freedom of expression * freedom of movement * freedom of petition * freedom of religion * freedom of speech * freedom of the air * freedom of the press * freedom of the seas * freedom ride * freedom rider * freedom to roam * individual freedom * let freedom ring * political freedom * unfreedom * non-freedom

    debauchery

    English

    Noun

    (debaucheries)
  • Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
  • (archaic) Seduction from duty.

    • Synonyms

    * licentiousness

    Related terms

    * debauch * debauchee * debaucher * debaucherous * debauched

    References

    * Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997) * WordNet 3.0 (Princeton University) ;