depravity

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈprævɪti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈprævɪti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di pravi tē)

Inflections of 'depravity' (n): npl: depravities

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
de•prav•i•ty  (di pravi tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. for 2.
  1. the state of being depraved.
  2. a depraved act or practice.
  • deprave + -ity 1635–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
depravity / dɪˈprævɪtɪ/ ( -ties)
  1. the state or an instance of moral corruption
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
de•prave /dɪˈpreɪv/USA pronunciation   v. [ + obj], -praved, -prav•ing. 
  1. to make evil; corrupt.
de•praved, adj. 
de•prav•i•ty /dɪˈprævɪti/USA pronunciation  n. [noncount;
count
]pl. -ties. 


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
de•prave  (di prāv),USA pronunciation v.t., -praved, -prav•ing. 
  1. to make morally bad or evil; vitiate;
    corrupt.
  2. [Obs.]to defame.
  • Latin dēprāvāre to pervert, corrupt, equivalent. to dē- de- + prāv(us) crooked + -āre infinitive suffix
  • Anglo-French)
  • Middle English depraven (1325–75
dep•ra•va•tion  (dep′rə vāshən),USA pronunciation n.  de•praver, n. 
de•praving•ly, adv. 

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