de·prav·i·ty

[dih-prav-i-tee]
noun, plural de·prav·i·ties. for 2.
1.
the state of being depraved.
2.
a depraved act or practice.

Origin:
1635–45; deprave + -ity

non·de·prav·i·ty, noun, plural non·de·prav·i·ties.
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depravity (dɪˈprævɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ties
the state or an instance of moral corruption

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Depravity is an SAT word you need to know.
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Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. CAPTIOUSLY CAPTIOUSNESS kap-shuhs
to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor.
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depravity
1640s, from deprave + -ity. Earlier in same sense was pravity, from L. pravitas.
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Example sentences
He and his excursions into depravity became the central and only theme of every
  story he wrote.
But determining moral depravity is harder than it sounds.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom.
We can recognize their depravity, but it is their cunning that ought to concern
  us.
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