DEPRAVATION Dep`ra*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. dépravation. See Deprave.]
1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.] To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation. Shak.
2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment. Sir G. C. Lewis.
4. (Med.)
Defn: Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Syn.
— Depravity; corruption. See Depravity.
DEPRAVE
De*prave", n. t. [imp. & p. p. Depraved; p. pr. & vb. n. Depraving.]
Etym: [L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted,
perverse, wicked.]
1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.] And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. Piers Plowman.
2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt. Whose pride depraves each other better part. Spenser.