Depravity

Quick meaning: Depravity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
2. (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.

Example Sentences

Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.

There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.

Walsingham was not blind to Edward’s failings, and attributed the political problems of the 1370s directly to the old king’s moral depravity.

Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny!

Word Forms

• depravities

Synonyms for depravity

Depending on context, synonyms include baseness, degeneracy, perversion, corruption, defilement, degradation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include turpitude, corruption, degeneracy, perversion, immorality, debauchery.

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