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noun

Depravation n.

Detraction; depreciation. (Obs.) "To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation."

The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.

The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. "The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment."

(Med.) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

Synonyms: Depravity; corruption. See Depravity.

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Etymology of 'Depravation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Depravation" Quotes from Famous Books

... William of Orange's declaration Magistrates, their abuses care taken in their appointment supreme, doctrine of resistance to Mandeville, Bernard de Manilius, Marcus Manners, degeneracy of, a preceding to the ruin of a state its corruption ruin to a state depravation of Manufacture, influence of, on a community Margarita. See Margherita, Francesca de l'Epine Margherita, Francesca de l'Epine Marprelate tracts Marsh, Dr. Narcissus Marten, John Martyrdom of Charles I., its lessons the duty ...

— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D., Volume IV: - Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church, Volume II • Jonathan Swift

... [What a case am I in then] Here seems to be a chasm, or some other depravation, which destroys the sentiment here intended. The reasoning probably stood thus, Good wine needs no bush, good plays need no epilogue, but bad wine requires a good bush, and a bad play a good epilogue. ...

— Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I Comedies • Samuel Johnson

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