Ausschweifung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- debauch noun A single occasion of excessive, immoral indulgence.
- debauchery noun Excessive, unrestrained indulgence in pleasure — heavy drinking, sex, or drug use seen as scandalous.
- dissipation noun The process of scattering or spreading something out until it disappears, or the waste this causes.
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.
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