noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

corruptioncorruptiondegeneracydepravitydepravitydebasement

Etymology

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

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