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n. - A corrupt or degenerate act or habit; Moral perversion.

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  • Its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
  • He supposes for the moment that this utter depravity is confined to the uninstructed poor, and that he would find
  • This awful instance of insane depravity is but another crime, born of the same mother whose hideous offspring have filled the land.
  • Though I believe one reason of their depravity is the badness of the actors.
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