Depravation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Depravation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Depravation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depravation n moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" Synonym(s): corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depravation \Dep`rava"tion\ (d[ecr]p`r[adot]v[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. d[82]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}.