'Depravation' definitions:

Definition of 'depravation'

From: WordNet
noun
Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction]

Definition of 'Depravation'

From: GCIDE
  • Depravation \Dep`ra*va"tion\ (d[e^]p`r[.a]*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. d['e]pravation. See Deprave.]
  • 1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. [1913 Webster]
  • The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment. --Sir G. C. Lewis. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Med.) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
  • Syn: Depravity; corruption. See Depravity. [1913 Webster]