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Definition of Depravation
1. Noun. Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
Generic synonyms: Immorality
Derivative terms: Deprave, Deprave, Depraved
Definition of Depravation
1. n. Detraction; depreciation.
Definition of Depravation
1. Noun. Detraction; depreciation. ¹
2. Noun. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting. ¹
3. Noun. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. ¹
4. Noun. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depravation
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Medical Definition of Depravation
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1. Detraction; depreciation. "To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation." (Shak)
2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. "The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment." (Sir G. C. Lewis)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Depravation
Literary usage of Depravation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"DEPRAVITY, depravation, CORRUPTION. DEPRAVITY, from the Latín pruritus and ...
Depravity or depravation implies crookedness, or a distortion from the ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"The act: demoralization, vitiation, depravation, debauchery, degradation. ...
demoralization, vice, vitiation, depravity, depravation (rare), depraved- ness ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1906)
"... to his good sense and good heart for his still improving ; but, believe me,
there must be a very solid fund to resist the depravation of this country. ..."
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