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Type Words
Synonyms turpitude
Type of evildoing, transgression
Type Words
Synonyms corruption, degeneracy, depravation, putrefaction
Type of immorality
Derivation deprave, depraved


its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity.

Examples of depravity

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Jesse Dirkhising's death gives us nothing except the depravity of two sick men.
From the time.com
A people cannot progress so long as its icons persist in celebrating depravity.
From the time.com
There being no limit to their depravity, they even invalidate his credit cards.
From the time.com
His lack of perspective is so gross that it has led him to outright depravity.
From the online.wsj.com
A hymn to the depravity of Edinburgh that balances the noble pursuance of art.
From the guardian.co.uk
Looking back, was he never frightened by the depths of depravity to which he sank?
From the telegraph.co.uk
A few examples are sufficient to describe the depravity of the subject matter.
From the washingtontimes.com
It is almost as if nearly the entire nation is saturated with filth and depravity.
From the infowars.com
Depravity is not a diagnosis one makes lightly, but the evidence seems unequivocal.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Corruption: 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"
  • A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society"
  • Depravity is the sophomore full-length release by metal band A Plea for Purging. It was released on hardcore and metal label, Facedown Records and was produced by Joey Sturgis (The Devil Wears Prada, Attack Attack!). The album received generally positive reviews.
  • The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement; A particular depraved act or trait; Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin
  • Moral corruption, a state of corruption or sinfulness. Total depravity is the teaching that sin has touched all aspects of the human: body, soul, spirit, emotions, mind, etc.
  • In Christian theology, the doctrine that an agent (human, angel, or demon) is completely unable to rise above or act against his sinful nature without direct intervention by God.
  • Morally bad or evil.