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n. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society"

corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

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profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness

n. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

perversion

n. the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"

aberration

n. a disorder in one's mental state

abnormality, irregularity

n. behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality

misuse, abuse

n. improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds"

deviation, deviance

n. deviate behavior

exploitation, development

n. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"

baseness, sordidness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability

n. unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values

nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness

n. the quality of being wicked

sin, sinfulness, wickedness

n. estrangement from god

orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry

n. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

fall

n. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"

shame, disgrace, ignominy

n. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

ruin, ruination

n. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"

impiety, impiousness

n. unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god

corruptness, corruption

n. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

profanity

n. vulgar or irreverent speech or action

profanation

n. degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening

poison

n. anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"

villainy, villainousness

n. the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior

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morality

n. concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

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