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DEPRAVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
Example:
the various turpitudes of modern society
Synonyms:
depravity; turpitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("depravity" is a kind of...):
evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Example:
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
Synonyms:
corruption; degeneracy; depravation; depravity; putrefaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("depravity" is a kind of...):
immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)
Derivation:
deprave (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)
depraved (deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good)
