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Ausschweifung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • debauch noun An individual act of debauchery.
  • debauchery noun Excessive, unrestrained indulgence in pleasure — heavy drinking, sex, or drug use seen as scandalous.
  • dissipation noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Senses

Ausschweifung is used for these senses in English:

  • debauch An individual act of debauchery.
  • dissipation A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
  • hanky-panky A debaucherous act; a sexual act that is considered inappropriate.

Related German words