depravity


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Synonyms for depravity

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Synonyms for depravity

moral perversion

a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

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Paul O'Shea, prosecuting, said she sank to "real depths of depravity to satisfy her sexual urges".
Every child sexually abused and abandoned by this institution stands as a mute witness knowing that this institution has now reached a point of depravity that is beyond purification.
"Depravity Online" provides a glimpse into the world of role-playing fantasy games.
"It is still quite difficult for me to face up to the depths of depravity that I sank to."
A RETIRED Methodist minister has been jailed for eight and a half years for using hypnosis to sexually abuse boys as a way to "satisfy his own depravity".
Sentencing him, judge Lord Matthews said that he was a "dangerous predator, who is capable of sinking to the depths of depravity".
This whirlwind of a novel sweeps through the intertwined lives of its many main characters with witty observations and scenes of bawdy depravity.
A MIDDLE-AGED fantasist raped and murdered a drunken young woman in what a judge labelled a "crime of utter depravity" after luring his victim back to his squalid home.
Summary: Lawbreakers absconded from work, engaged in moral depravity
In a statement yesterday, the panel called for further steps to combat moral depravity and practices which are "alien to Bahraini society".
The individuals of this unique species also symbolize true, unconditional love, and they have brought immeasurable happiness, purity, and goodness to a lost culture of death and depravity.
Because, the truth is, it wasn't the internet that fuelled his depravity; it was his vile mother who, instead of cherishing and protecting him, left him prey to sexual abuse from her partner; had sex with her boyfriend in front of him, and neglected him for seven years.
Secondly, you cannot go looking for a justification for depravity -- if someone has the tendency, they have it.
Singh, who addressing the 8th Civil Services Day function here on Sunday, asked people to work collectively to uproot such depravity from the society.