depravement

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noun

Depravity; corruption.

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Meanings

noundepravement (countable and uncountable, plural depravements)

plural depravements

  1. archaiccountableuncountableDepravity; corruption.

    And to this effect he maketh men believe that apparitions, and such as confirm his existence are either deceptions of sight, or melancholly depravements of phansie.

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10

    Synonyms: defilement, depravation, perversion, abasement, adulteration, corruption, debasement, debauchment

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDepravity; corruption.

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defilementdepravationperversionabasementadulterationcorruptiondebasementdebauchmentdefilementdepravationimpurificationperversionpollutionprofanation
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adulterationcorruptiondebasementdebauchmentdefilementdegradationdepravationimpurificationperversionpollutionprofanation

Origin

From deprave + -ment.

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APA

depravement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depravement

MLA

“depravement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depravement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depravement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depravement.

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