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perversion

/pəɹˈvɜɹ.ʒən/ noun C2
  1. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The state of being perverted; depravity; vice. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality. (countable, uncountable)

Plural perversions

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Of these the first and second were extremely condensed, while the last is, as I shall now show, an absolute perversion of the facts.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 101 · B2

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