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depraved Definition


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deprave
verb
    depraved, depraving
    1. To make someone evil or morally corrupt.
      Thesaurus: corrupt, contaminate, debauch, pervert, seduce, debase, demoralize, subvert, vitiate, degrade; Antonym: improve.
Derivative: depraved
adj
    Morally corrupted.
Derivative: depravity
noun
    The state or quality of being evil or morally corrupt
      Thesaurus: evil, vice, wickedness, corruption, debasement, lewdness, immorality, sinfulness, baseness, degeneracy, debauchery; Antonym: uprightness.
Etymology: 15c, originally meaning ‘to disparage; to speak ill of': from Latin depravare to pervert or distort.



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