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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perversion \Per*ver"sion\, n. [L. perversio: cf F. perversion.
See {Pervert}.]
The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a
turning from truth or right a diverting from the true intent
or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying
to a wrong end or use ``Violations and perversions of the
laws.'' --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
perversion
n 1: an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal
intercourse
2: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong
use); "it was a perversion of justice"
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