Depravity vs Vitiation - What's the difference?
depravity | vitiation | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
* 1850 , , White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War , ch. 34,
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
* 1914 , , The Subterranean Brotherhood , ch. 16,
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
* 1850 , ,The Scarlet Letter , ch. 8,
a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something
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moral corruption
an abolition or abrogation
Depravity is a synonym of vitiation.
As nouns the difference between depravity and vitiation
is that depravity is (uncountable) the state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement while vitiation is a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something.depravity
English
Noun
(depravities)- Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
- There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities .
- Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity , and future destiny!
Synonyms
* wickednessReferences
* * * * * "depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * "
depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
vitiation
English
Noun
(en noun)- Lincoln once reprimanded a young army officer for in-
dulging in a violent controversy with an associate. "No
man who is resolved to make the most of himself," said
Lincoln, "can spare time for personal contention. Still less
can he afford to take the consequences, including the vitia-
tion of his temper and the loss of self-control. [...]
