n. 腐化, 败坏, 堕落

[医] 恶化, 变坏

[ noun ]
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
<noun.attribute>
the luxury and corruption among the upper classesmoral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction

Depravation \Dep`ra*va"tion\ (d[e^]p`r[.a]*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. d['e]pravation. See
{Deprave}.]
1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.]

To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme,
For depravation. --Shak.

2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of
corrupting.

3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy;
depravity.

The depravation of his moral character destroyed his
judgment. --Sir G. C.
Lewis.

4. (Med.) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid
perversion.

Syn: Depravity; corruption. See {Depravity}.