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s | depravity |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun depravity is

(uncountable) the state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    depravity

    English

    Noun

    (depravities)
  • (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
  • * 1850 , , White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War , ch. 34,
    • Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
  • (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
  • * 1914 , , The Subterranean Brotherhood , ch. 16,
    • There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities .
  • (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,
    • 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

    * wickedness

    Related terms

    * depravation * depravedness

    References

    * * * * * " 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)