perversion

Etymology

From Latin perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”).

noun

  1. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
  2. The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
  3. Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
  4. A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
  5. (geometry) Tendril perversion.

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