pravity
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pravity
Where it comes from
From Middle French pravité, and its source, Latin prāvitās (“crookedness; depravity”), from prāvus (“prave”).
noun pravities
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Perversion, depravity; wickedness.
Doubt not but that sin
Will reign among them, as of thee begot;
And therefore was law given them, to evince
Their natural pravity, by stirring up
Sin against law to fight[…].
Similar: baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity, lewdity, malignity
Talk about this word "pravity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pravity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pravity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pravity "pravity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pravity.Cite this
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