Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Perversion; vitiation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Depravity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic
Depravity ;corruption .
Etymologies
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From deprave + -ment.
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Examples
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After the victory, the corrupters and the depravement-enablers are made into soap.
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As long as the brain is at rest, the man enjoys his reason, but the depravement of the brain arises from phlegm and bile, either of which you may recognize in this manner: Those who are mad from phlegm are quiet, and do not cry out nor make a noise; but those from bile are vociferous, malignant, and will not be quiet, but are always doing something improper.
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