Misdeed vs Depravity - What's the difference?
misdeed | depravity |
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
(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,
As nouns the difference between misdeed and depravity
is that misdeed is that which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime while depravity is (uncountable) the state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.misdeed
English
Noun
(en noun)- The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.
Synonyms
* misdemeanor * misdoingSee also
* mischiefReferences
*Anagrams
* *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)