depravation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
    putrefaction; depravity; corruption; degeneracy.
    • 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

WordNet

Dep`ra*va"tion noun
Etymology
L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. dépravation. See Deprave.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913