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English noun: depravity

1. depravity (attribute) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles


SamplesThe luxury and corruption among the upper classes.
Moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration.
Its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity.
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction.


Synonymscorruption, degeneracy, depravation, putrefaction


Broader (hypernym)immorality

2. depravity (act) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice


SamplesThe various turpitudes of modern society.


Synonymsturpitude


Broader (hypernym)evildoing, transgression









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