Depravity

//dəˈpɹævɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement. uncountable

    "Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor."

  2. 2
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice wordnet
  3. 3
    A particular depraved act or trait. countable

    "There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities."

  4. 4
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles wordnet
  5. 5
    Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin. Christian, uncountable

    "Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny!"

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