depravity meaning and definition

DEPRAVITY noun

Definition of depravity (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, putrefaction
2. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
   • "the various turpitudes of modern society"
   • synonyms: turpitude