depravity
Utter moral corruption
Depravity is moral corruption or wickedness carried to an extreme.
The word implies not just wrongdoing but a thoroughgoing rottenness of character: The trial revealed the full depravity of his crimes.
In legal contexts, depravity often describes conduct showing complete indifference to human life.
A depraved person has sunk below ordinary standards of decency.
Moral corruption or evil
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- vilenessDespicable quality
- basenessMoral worthlessness
turpitude · nefariousness · malevolence · villainy · heinousness · corruption · degeneracy · immorality
Extreme indulgence in vices
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
lechery · lust · intemperance · indulgence · gluttony · carnality · libertinism · wantonness
Violation of divine law
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- godlessnessLack of belief
impiety · profanity · unholiness · irreverence · desecration · transgression · heresy · apostasy
Dishonest abuse of power
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
graft · extortion · racketeering · malfeasance · scandal · collusion · profiteering · criminality
Unforgivable mass cruelty
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
- sadismPleasure from inflicting pain
- fiendishnessExtreme wicked cruelty
monstrosity · barbarity · inhumanity · viciousness · malice · torment · torture · persecution
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
baseness · turpitude · nefariousness · malevolence · villainy · heinousness · corruption · degeneracy · immorality · unscrupulousness
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
hedonism · lechery · lust · intemperance · indulgence · gluttony · carnality · libertinism · wantonness · excess
sin
Violation of divine law
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
godlessness · impiety · profanity · unholiness · irreverence · desecration · transgression · heresy · apostasy · idolatry
corruption
Dishonest abuse of power
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
embezzlement · graft · extortion · racketeering · malfeasance · scandal · collusion · profiteering · criminality · lawlessness
atrocity
Unforgivable mass cruelty
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
- sadismPleasure from inflicting pain
fiendishness · monstrosity · barbarity · inhumanity · viciousness · malice · torment · torture · persecution · abuse
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- dark sideinner demons, shadow self, dark thoughts, inner demon, secret self
- moral judgmentsgood, evil, wicked, virtuous, moral
- vicesgreed, envy, lust, gluttony, vanity
- crueltycruelty, brutality, inhumanity, viciousness, ruthlessness
- deviancedeviance, perversion, perversity, aberration, abnormality
depravityvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
righteousness · goodness · nobility · uprightness · integrity
depravitypurity
Uncontaminated quality
innocence · pureness · spotlessness · wholesomeness · chastity
depravitydecency
Moral appropriateness in behavior
propriety · respectability · decorousness · seemliness · correctness
- total depravityHumanity's complete moral corruption
- human depravityInherent wickedness of people