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depravationenUK
depravationcorruption; evil-doing
Not to be confused with:deprivation – without economic or social necessities; dispossession; lossde·prave D0145100 (dĭ-prāv′)tr.v. de·praved, de·prav·ing, de·praves To debase, especially morally; corrupt. See Synonyms at corrupt.
[Middle English depraven, to corrupt, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre : dē-, de- + prāvus, crooked.]
dep′ra·va′tion (dĕp′rə-vā′shən) n.de·prav′er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | depravation - moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"depravity, degeneracy, putrefaction, corruptionimmorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction" |
TranslationsDepravationdépravationdepravazionedepravationenUK
de·prav·i·ty (dĕ-prav'i-tē), A depraved act or the condition of being depraved. Synonym(s): depravationdepravation (dĕp″ră-vā′shŭn) [L. depravare, completely destroyed] A pathological deterioration of function or secretion. depravationenUK
Synonyms for depravationnoun moral perversionSynonyms- depravity
- degeneracy
- putrefaction
- corruption
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