Definition
The act or process of depraving someone; moral corruption or degradation.
Etymology
From deprave + -ment (noun-forming suffix, from Old French -ment, Latin -mentum). This suffix creates nouns describing actions or results, as in 'amazement' or 'agreement.'
Kelly Says
The -ment suffix came from Latin and was already ancient when English borrowed it—it's been our go-to ending for turning verbs into nouns for over 1,000 years.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ሰላም (selam)
seh-lahm
ARالعربية
فساد (fasād)
fah-saad
BNবাংলা
অন্যায় (anyay)
on-ya-y
CACatalà
depravació
deh-prah-VAY-syohn
CSČeština
zbožňování
zbozh-no-va-nee
DADansk
forfald
for-fal-d
DEDeutsch
Verdorbenheit
fer-dor-ben-hayt
ELΕλληνικά
αποτροπή (apotrope)
ah-pot-roh-pee
ESEspañol
depravación
deh-prah-VAY-syohn
FAفارسی
فساد (fesaad)
feh-saad
FISuomi
rikastuminen
ree-kas-tu-mee-nuh
FRFrançais
depravité
deh-prah-vee-tay
HEעברית
שחיתות (shechithut)
sheh-chi-toot
HIहिन्दी
पतन (patana)
pa-tahn
IDBahasa Indonesia
ke depravan
keh deh-prah-van
ITItaliano
depravazione
deh-prah-VAY-syohn-eh
KKKK
зашылдыру (zhashyldyr)
zah-shi-l-dyr-oo
KMKM
ការបាត់បង់ (kar baat bong)
kar baat bong
MRMR
अन्याय (anyay)
an-ya-y
MSBahasa Melayu
ke depravan
keh deh-prah-van
MYမြန်မာ
ပျက်စီး (pyat-si)
pyat-see
NLNederlands
verdorvenheid
ver-dor-ven-heit
PLPolski
deprawacja
deh-prah-va-tsee-ah
PTPortuguês
depravação
deh-prah-SAO-w̃
RORomână
deprava
deh-prah-vah
RUРусский
depravity
deh-prah-vee-tee
SVSvenska
förfall
for-fall
SWKiswahili
uharibifu
oo-ha-ree-bee-foo
TAதமிழ்
வீழ்ச்சி (vēḻac cci)
vee-la-chchi
TEతెలుగు
వికారం (vikāraṁ)
vi-ka-raam
THไทย
การเสื่อมโทรม (kan seua mu torn)
gan seu-am to-rom
TLTL
pagsisira
pa-g-si-si-rah
TRTürkçe
kötüleşme
koo-tyeh-leh-meh
UKУкраїнська
моральна деградація (moralna degradatsiya)
mor-al-na deh-gra-da-tsee-ya
URاردو
فساد (fasād)
fah-saad
VITiếng Việt
sự tha hóa
su tha hoa
ZH中文
堕落 (duòluò)
dwah-loh
ZUZU
ukuthula
oo-koo-thoo-lah