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Definition of bacchanalia

a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)

Similar Words: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, drunken revelry, Dionysia, Bacchanalia

Derivational Morphology: carouse, roister, riot, corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect

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