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Definition of revelry :
The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.
Synonyms:
laughter, entertainment, festival, jollity, festiveness, fun, party, merriment, gaiety, carousing, revel, merrymaking, conviviality
intemperance (part of speech: noun)
excessiveness, luxury, debauchery, sensuality, intemperance, drunkenness, dissipation, self-indulgence, indulgence, orgy
celebration (part of speech: noun)
festivity, celebration, ceremony, acclamation, commemoration, honor, exultation, merry-making, elation, feast, memorialization, glorification, jubilation, inauguration, observance, commencement, salute, jubilee, ritual, ovation, holiday, remembrance, joy, rejoicing, convocation, proclamation, glee, carousal, spree, praise
Usage examples:
- The two, however, not having had enough of revelry yet, turned aside into a lane, and thence up a court leading to a low public- house, which had a second and worse reputation. - "Alec Forbes of Howglen", George MacDonald.
- Revelry and shouting fill every program. - "Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights", Kelly Miller.
- The historian of the Incas admits that, though temperate in eating, they indulged freely in their cups, frequently prolonging their revelry to a late hour of the night. - "History-of-the-Conquest-of-Peru-with-a-preliminary-view-of-the-civilization-of-the-Incas", Prescott, William Hickling.