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depravation

noun

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

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Word length
11
Starts with
D
Ends with
N
Contains
EP
Scrabble score
17

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dɛp.ɹəˈveɪ.ʃən

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noun

  1. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

    “the luxury and corruption among the upper classes”

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Example Sentences

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

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