Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.] To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation. Shak.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment. Sir G. C. Lewis.
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
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