noun

depravity

duh-PRA-vih-tee

noun

A state of moral corruption or wickedness.

"The trial revealed a level of depravity few in the courtroom had imagined."

"The film explores the depravity that unchecked power can produce."

How to Use Depravity

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe noun form of "depraved" — moral corruption or wickedness in general.

Common pairings

moral depravity human depravity depths of depravity

depravities plural

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From depraved, ultimately from Latin pravus, "crooked, bad."

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