English Explanatory Dictionary

pravity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Perversion, depravity; wickedness.

Word forms

pravity pravities

Etymology

From Middle French pravité, and its source, Latin prāvitās (“crookedness; depravity”), from prāvus (“prave”).

Synonyms

baseness corruption defilement degeneracy degradation depravation depravedness depravity impurity iniquity lewdity malignity misdoing misguilt obliquity peccability perversion pollution pravity sin sinfulness turpitude vitiation wickedness wrongdoing
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