depravity English

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depravity Noun

— The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement. He was a very bad man, lost in depravity.

— A very bad act or trait. Susan's depravity was her husband's murder.

— that is part of human nature, contamination by sin. Our depravity is the result of Adam's fall.

depravity

— noun (= corruption, degeneracy, putrefaction) 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

— noun (= turpitude) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice the various turpitudes of modern society

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depravity English » English

corruption

wickedness

vice

immorality

turpitude

depravation

debauchery

villainy

degeneracy

evil

dissipation

corruptness

badness

viciousness

sin

putrefaction

promiscuity

perversion

malignity

indecency

degradation

degeneration

debauch

wantonness

villainousness

vileness

unworthiness

unsoundness

unrighteousness

uncleanness

subversion

sinisterness

sinfulness

sensualization

self-indulgence

profligacy

perverseness

peccability

outrageousness

obscenity

obsceneness

nefariousness

moral turpitude

malignancy

maliciousness

lubricity

loss of good qualities

lack of virtue

knavery

ignominiousness

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Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Bad, immoral

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  sinfulness depravity evil (n) iniquity