depravation meaning

Definition of depravation

1. 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

   Synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravity, putrefaction

   Type of: immorality

   Related forms: deprave

How to pronounce depravation

depravation is pronounced /ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the third syllable.

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