Depravation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Detraction; depreciation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle French dépravation, from Latin dēprāvātiō (“perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity”).

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