noun [U,C]
1 behaviour that most people think is not normal or acceptable, especially when it is connected with sex; an example of this type of behaviour:
sexual perversion * sadomasochistic perversions
2 the act of changing sth that is good or right into sth that is bad or wrong; the result of this:
the perversion of innocence / justice * Her account was a perversion of the truth.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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