depravation

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French dépravation, from Latin dēprāvātiō (perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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depravation (countable and uncountable, plural depravations)

  1. Detraction; depreciation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
  3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
  4. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

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Danish

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Noun

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depravation c (singular definite depravationen, not used in plural form)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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