English noun: depravity | |||
1. | depravity (attribute) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | ||
Samples | The 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. | ||
Synonyms | corruption, degeneracy, depravation, putrefaction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | immorality | ||
2. | depravity (act) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | ||
Samples | The various turpitudes of modern society. | ||
Synonyms | turpitude | ||
Broader (hypernym) | evildoing, transgression | ||