Depravation /(dĕp`rȧ*vā"shŭn)/

Dep·ra·va·tion

Depravation

n.
  1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.]
    To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation.
  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. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion. (Med.)