PRAVITY

Etymology

Noun

pravity (countable and uncountable, plural pravities)

(now, rare, archaic) perversion, depravity; wickedness. [from 16th c.]

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Source: Wiktionary


Prav"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. pravitas, from pravus crooked, perverse.]

Definition: Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature. "The pravity of the will." South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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