Depravation

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.] To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation. Shak.

2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.

3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment. Sir G. C. Lewis.

4. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

Synonyms: Depravity; corruption. See Depravity.