depravity

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /dəˈprævɪti/

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Noun

Singular depravity

Plural depravities

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

   He was a very bad man, lost in depravity.

2. (countable) A very bad act or trait.

   Susan's depravity was her husband's murder.

3. (uncountable) (Christianity) Evil that is part of human nature, contamination by sin.
   • Synonyms: wickedness and evil

   Our depravity is the result of Adam's fall.

Related words

• depravation
• deprave
• depravedness