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depravity

noun

A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
D
Ends with
Y
Contains
EP
Scrabble score
18
CEFR level
C2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

dəˈpɹævɪti

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Definitions

noun

  1. A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

    “The various turpitudes of modern society”

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 various turpitudes of modern society
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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