depraves
Leads to wickedness
Depraves means corrupts or perverts, especially morally.
To deprave is to make someone or something worse, to debase character or standards.
The word appears most often in legal and philosophical contexts: material that depraves and corrupts.
A depraved mind has been twisted toward evil or degradation.
Moral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
- sinViolation of divine law
transgression · wrongdoing · reprobation · nefariousness · malevolence · impurity · baseness · vileness
Departure from accepted standards
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
- twistingRotating with distortion
distorting · tainting · poisoning · vitiating · sullying · contaminating · defiling · desecrating
Extreme indulgence in vices
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
excess · indulgence · lechery · libertinism · rakishness · decadence · profligacy · wantonness
Dishonest abuse of power
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- corrupterOne who morally taints
- seducerOne who lures romantically
- tempterOne who lures astray
manipulation · exploitation · dishonesty · unethical · malfeasance · misconduct · sleaze · underhanded
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
sin · transgression · wrongdoing · reprobation · nefariousness · malevolence · impurity · baseness · vileness · profligacy
deviance
Departure from accepted standards
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
twisting · distorting · tainting · poisoning · vitiating · sullying · contaminating · defiling · desecrating · debasing
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
intemperance · excess · indulgence · lechery · libertinism · rakishness · decadence · profligacy · wantonness · carnality
corruption
Dishonest abuse of power
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- corrupterOne who morally taints
- seducerOne who lures romantically
tempter · manipulation · exploitation · dishonesty · unethical · malfeasance · misconduct · sleaze · underhanded · polluter
depravespurifies
Removes unwanted substances
cleanses · sanctifies · hallows · consecrates · restores
- total depravityHumanity's complete moral corruption
- human depravityInherent wickedness of people
- depraved indifferenceCriminal disregard for life
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