DEPRAVITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

Example:

the various turpitudes of modern society

Synonyms:

depravity; turpitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)

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 ("depravity" 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)

depraved (deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good)