depravation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Detraction; depreciation.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɛp.ɹəˈveɪ.ʃən/
Etymology

From Middle French dépravation, from Latin dēprāvātiō (“perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity”).

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