depravity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DEPRAVITY, noun 1. Corruption; a vitiated state; as the depravity of manners and morals. 2. A vitiated state of the heart; wickedness; corruption of moral principles; destitution of holiness or good principles.
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