DEPRAVATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Example:

Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction

Synonyms:

corruption; degeneracy; depravation; depravity; putrefaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("depravation" is a kind of...):

immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)

Derivation:

deprave (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)