depravation noun. [dɛprǝ'veɪʃ(ǝ)n] E16.
[Latin depravatio(n-), from depravat- pa. ppl stem of depravare: see DEPRAVE, -ATION.]
1. Vilification, defamation, detraction. E16-E17.
■ Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida Stubborn critics, apt..For depravation.

2. The action or fact of making or becoming depraved; degeneration (esp. moral), corruption. M16.
■ A. Cowley The total Loss of Reason is less deplorable than the total Depravation of it.
b. Vitiation or corruption of a text etc. M16-M19.
c. Physical degeneration of an organ etc. M17-M19.

3. The condition of being depraved; an instance of depravity. L16.
■ R. Taylor A sense of the depravation of our nature, or of original sin which is in us.

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