pravity
/ˈpravɪti/noun
Moral perversion or corruption; wickedness, depravity; an instance of this. Now archaic.
- †original (also natural) pravity (Theology ): the innate corruption of human nature due to original sin (obsolete )..
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in John Irland (c1440–1495), theologian. From Middle French pravité and its etymon classical Latin prāvitās crookedness, distortion, perverseness, depravity from prāvus + -tās. Compare Catalan pravitat, Spanish pravedad, Italian pravità.