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  1. pravitynoun

    perversion, depravity

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pravitynoun

    Corruption; badness; malignity.

    Etymology: pravitas, Lat.

    Doubt not but that sin
    Will reign among them, as of thee begot;
    And therefore was law given them, to evince
    Their natural pravity. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xii.

    More people go to the gibbet for want of timely correction, than upon any incurable pravity of nature. Roger L'Estrange.

    I will shew how the pravity of the will could influence the understanding to a disbelief of Christianity. South.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pravitynoun

    deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature

  2. Etymology: [L. pravitas, from pravus crooked, perverse.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pravity

    prav′i-ti, n. wickedness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pravity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pravity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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