- (n.) The act of depraving or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
- (n.) Detraction; depreciation.
- (n.) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
- (n.) The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "depravation" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/depravation/definitions/1996302> |