depravement
depravement noun: depravity; corruption.
Noun
depravement (countable and uncountable, plural depravements)
- Depravity; corruption.
- And to this effect he maketh men believe that apparitions, and such as confirm his existence are either deceptions of sight, or melancholly depravements of phansie.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10
- Synonyms:
- defilement, depravation, perversion, abasement, adulteration, corruption, debasement, debauchment, impurification, pollution
Synonyms of depravement
- defilement
- depravation
- perversion
- abasement
- adulteration
- corruption
- debasement
- debauchment
- impurification
- profanation
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Forms of depravement
| plural | depravements |
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Origin of depravement
From deprave + -ment.
Questions about depravement
- What does depravement mean?
- Depravement means depravity; corruption.
- What part of speech is depravement?
- Depravement is a noun.
- What is the plural of depravement?
- The plural of depravement is depravements.
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