Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun depravity

2 senses of depravity

Sense 1
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction -- (moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "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")
       => immorality -- (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction")

Sense 2
depravity, turpitude -- (a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society")
       => transgression, evildoing -- (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father")

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