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depravity

dep·ra·vity

UK/dəˈpɹævɪti/ US/dɪˈprævʌti/ uncommon

noun

1.

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

  • “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”
2.

a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

  • “the various turpitudes of modern society”
Synonyms

Phrases

  • original depravity
  • total depravity

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