About The Word Depravation
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Depravation
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What's The Definition Of Depravation?Synonyms | Synonyms for Depravation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Depravation: abandon | abandonment | abjection | comedown | corruptedness | corruption | corruptness | debasement | decadence | decadency | declension | declination | decline | deformation | degeneracy | degenerateness | degeneration | degradation | demoralization | demotion | depravedness | depravity | depreciation | derogation | descent | deterioration | devolution | dissoluteness | downtrend | downturn | downward mobility | downward trend | drop | dying | ebb | effeteness | fading | failing | failure | failure of nerve | fall | falling-off | involution | lapse | loss of tone | moral pollution | moral turpitude | profligacy | regression | reprobacy | retrocession | retrogradation | retrogression | rottenness | slippage | slump | turpitude | wane See Also | Depravation In Webster's Dictionary \Dep`ra*va"tion\ (d[e^]p`r[.a]*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. d['e]pravation. See
{Deprave}.]
1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.]
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.
4. (Med.) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid
perversion.
Syn: Depravity; corruption. See {Depravity}.
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