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perversion


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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