depravity

Etymology

noun

1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
   Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor. 1850, Herman Melville, chapter 34, in White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War
   Walsingham was not blind to Edward’s failings, and attributed the political problems of the 1370s directly to the old king’s moral depravity. 2000, “Introduction”, in The Reign of Edward III, →OCLC, page 10
2. (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
   There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities. 1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 16, in The Subterranean Brotherhood
3. (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
   Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny! 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 8, in The Scarlet Letter