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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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Pronunciation

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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