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Meaning of 'depravity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Depravity [ n.]
- The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle.

Meaning of 'depravity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . depravity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Example in sentence:
  • its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity;
  • moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration;
  • Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction;
  • the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
Meaning (2):
- a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
Example in sentence:
  • the various turpitudes of modern society

Nearby Words:

depaint depainted depainter depainting depardieux depart departable departed departer departing

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