- pravity
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Pravity — Prav i*ty, n. [L. pravitas, from pravus crooked, perverse.] Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature. The pravity of the will. South. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pravity — ˈpravəd.ē noun ( es) Etymology: Latin pravitas crookedness, depravity, from pravus crooked, wrong, bad + itas ity more at prairie 1. archaic : depravity … Useful english dictionary
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Vice — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vice vice Sgm: N 1 evil doing evil doing evil courses Sgm: N 1 wrongdoing wrongdoing Sgm: N 1 wickedness wickedness viciousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 iniquity … English dictionary for students
depravity — 1640s; see DEPRAVE (Cf. deprave) + ITY (Cf. ity). Earlier in same sense was pravity, from L. pravitas … Etymology dictionary
depravity — [dē prav′ə tē, diprav′ə tē] n. [altered (after DEPRAVE) < obs. pravity < L pravitas, crookedness] 1. a depraved condition; corruption; wickedness 2. pl. depravities a depraved act or practice … English World dictionary
depravity — n. (pl. ies) 1 a moral corruption; wickedness. b an instance of this; a wicked act. 2 Theol. the innate corruptness of human nature. Etymology: DE + obs. pravity f. L pravitas (as DEPRAVE) … Useful english dictionary
