Depravation

de·prave  (d-prv)

tr.v. de·praved, de·prav·ing, de·praves

To debase, especially morally; corrupt. See Synonyms at corrupt.

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[Middle English depraven, to corrupt, from Old French depraver, from Latin dprvre : d-, de- + prvus, crooked.]

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depra·vation (dpr-vshn) n.

de·praver n.

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depravation - 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" depravity, degeneracy, putrefaction, corruption immorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"