depravation vs evil

depravation

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

  • Detraction; depreciation. 

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

  • Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion. 

evil

noun
  • Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. 

  • Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief. 

adj
  • Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.). 

  • Undesirable; harmful; bad practice. 

  • Intending to harm; malevolent. 

  • Morally corrupt. 

  • Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous. 

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