depravity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

   Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.

2. 2
   noun

   A particular depraved act or trait.

   There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.

3. 3
   noun

   Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.

   Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny!

4. 4
   noun

   a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

5. 5
   noun

   moral perversion