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   De·prav·i·ty

   /dəˈpravədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. moral corruption; wickedness: "a tale of wickedness and depravity"
   • ▪ a wicked or morally corrupt act.
   • ▪ the innate corruption of human nature, due to original sin.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: alteration (influenced by deprave) of obsolete pravity, from Latin pravitas, from pravus ‘crooked, perverse’.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › depravityDepravity Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of DEPRAVITY is a corrupt act or practice. How to use depravity in a sentence. a corrupt act or practice; the quality or state of being corrupt, evil, or perverted : the quality or state of being depraved…

3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › depravityDepravity - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   To deprave is to make something bad, often to the point of moral corruption, like the parental fear that a bad influence will deprave their good kids. So, depravity is behavior that is morally corrupt or otherwise deemed wicked. Don't confuse depravity with deprivation, meaning "being denied something that is necessary."

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDEPRAVITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   DEPRAVITY definition: 1. the state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad 2. the state of being morally…. Learn more.

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   Depravity definition: the state of being depraved. . See examples of DEPRAVITY used in a sentence.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDEPRAVITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   noun [ U or C ] us / dɪˈpræv.ə.t̬i / uk / dɪˈpræv.ə.ti / Add to word list. the state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad. Synonym. turpitude formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie. dissolutely. dissoluteness. enormity. evil. nefariousness. no good idiom.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › depravityDepravity - definition of depravity by The Free Dictionary

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   noun. Degrading, immoral acts or habits: bestiality, corruption, flagitiousness, immorality, perversion, turpitude, vice, villainousness, villainy, wickedness. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDEPRAVITY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   2 days ago · Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour . [formal] ...the absolute depravity that can exist in war. ...the righteous struggle between decency and depravity. Synonyms: corruption, vice, evil, criminality More Synonyms of depravity. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitiondepravity noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of depravity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. www.oed.com › dictionary › depravity_ndepravity, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

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    depravity is a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pravity n. See etymology. Nearby entries. deprave, adj. a1711.

11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › depravityDepravity Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    Britannica Dictionary definition of DEPRAVITY. 1. [noncount] : a very evil quality or way of behaving. He was sinking into a life of utter depravity. moral/sexual depravity. People were shocked by the depravity of her actions. 2. [count] : an evil or immoral act. the depravities of war.