depravity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /dəˈpɹævɪti/
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
“Whoa. Baby Bear. What's the matter?” “I know I'm not supposed to ask you how you came back from the dead, but I know it was my fault that you died. And maybe if you tell me how you came back, I won't feel as guilty anymore!” “Turbolift, halt.” (whirring stops) “It wasn't your fault. Saving you was my duty. There's a reason we don't tell anyone how we come back.” “I know. You can't tell me because I'm just an ensign.” “It's nothing to do with rank, son. We're sparing you dark truths about scientific depravity that would haunt you for the rest of your days. Once you know, you can never go back to being the man you were before.” “Works for me! Tell me, tell me!” “Okay. So, death is the first thing that happens. And then-- Oh, wait, you do know about the black mountain, right?” “Uh, the what now?” “The black mountain is a spiritual battleground your soul goes (muffled): where you have to fight three faceless apparitions of your father. (fading): ...the surviving father makes you eat your heart...”
2021 August 26, M. Willis, “We'll Always Have Tom Paris” (19:11 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Shaxs (Fred Tatasciore):Walsingham was not blind to Edward’s failings, and attributed the political problems of the 1370s directly to the old king’s moral depravity.
2000, “Introduction”, in The Reign of Edward III, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10:Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
1850, Herman Melville, chapter 34, in White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War:
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(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.
1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 16, in The Subterranean Brotherhood:
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(Christian, uncountable) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny!
1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 8, in The Scarlet Letter:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| depravities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
total depravity · original depravity · nondepravity
Relateds
Synonyms
depravity · misguilt · malignity · degeneracy · degeneracy · sinfulness · pravity · baseness · misdoing · lewdity · infamy · outrage · wrong · wrongdoing · outrage · corruption · sin · impurity · turpitude · wickedness · depravation · impurity · obliquity · iniquity · perversion · pollution · wickedness · degradation · turpitude · baseness · defilement · wickedness · turpitude · depravity · peccability · iniquity · atrocity · depravedness · vitiation · perversion
Translations (38)
de Schandtat (A particular depraved act or trait) · nl schanddaad (A particular depraved act or trait) · ro corupție (A particular depraved act or trait) · mk изопаченост (The state or condition of being depraved) · bg извратеност (A particular depraved act or trait) · gv ard-olkys (Inborn corruption) · cmn 墮落 /堕落 (The state or condition of being depraved) · pl niegodziwość (A particular depraved act or trait) · bg поквара (The state or condition of being depraved) · nl verdorvenheid (The state or condition of being depraved) · ru безнра́вственность (The state or condition of being depraved) · pl gwałt (A particular depraved act or trait) · de Sittenlosigkeit (The state or condition of being depraved) · ota فساد (The state or condition of being depraved) · ro depravare (The state or condition of being depraved) · de schändliche Tat (A particular depraved act or trait) · ro depravațiune (A particular depraved act or trait) · hi अनैतिकता (The state or condition of being depraved) · pl deprawacja (The state or condition of being depraved) · pl zbrodnia (A particular depraved act or trait) · gv ard-olkys (The state or condition of being depraved) · pl nierząd (A particular depraved act or trait) · bg поквареност (The state or condition of being depraved) · ru порочность (The state or condition of being depraved) · fi turmelus (The state or condition of being depraved) · pl zepsucie (The state or condition of being depraved) · de Verdorbenheit (The state or condition of being depraved) · pl zepsucie (Inborn corruption) · ru греховность (Inborn corruption) · bg греховност (Inborn corruption) · ro desfrânare (A particular depraved act or trait) · pt depravação (The state or condition of being depraved) · es depravación (The state or condition of being depraved) · de Schlechtigkeit (The state or condition of being depraved) · ro destrăbălare (The state or condition of being depraved) · pl zdeprawowanie (The state or condition of being depraved) · nl ontaarding (The state or condition of being depraved) · fi turmeltuneisuus (The state or condition of being depraved)