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prav·i·ty
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pravitynoun
perversion, depravity
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Pravitynoun
deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature
Etymology: [L. pravitas, from pravus crooked, perverse.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pravity
prav′i-ti, n. wickedness.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pravity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pravity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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