"depravation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛp.ɹəˈveɪ.ʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depravation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: depravations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French dépravation, from Latin dēprāvātiō (“perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|dépravation}} Middle French dépravation, {{der|en|la|dēprāvātiō||perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity}} Latin dēprāvātiō (“perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} depravation (countable and uncountable, plural depravations)
  1. Detraction; depreciation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-depravation-en-noun-9Mg4wxP6
  2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-depravation-en-noun-cLm5jgTi
  3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-depravation-en-noun-6Srwt8C6
  4. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-depravation-en-noun-TSsex09v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 17 33 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: depravity

Inflected forms

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