What's the difference between abandoned and depraved?

Abandoned


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Abandon
  • (a.) Forsaken, deserted.
  • (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Martin O’Neill spoke of his satisfaction at the Republic of Ireland’s score draw in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina – and of his relief that the match was not abandoned despite the dense fog that descended in the second half and threatened to turn the game into a farce.
  • (2) It is a tragedy that he abandoned Iraq, sacrificing the gains secured by American blood and treasure.
  • (3) Nevertheless the difference was too little to suggest abandoning one treatment in favour of the others.
  • (4) Histological examination showed that in many cases these terminal sprouts appeared to reinnervate abandoned junctional sites on adjacent denervated fibers.
  • (5) The company abandoned plans to build a second savoury factory in the East Midlands, as well as its Greggs Moment coffee shops which it had been trialling since 2011.
  • (6) All the flies were collected from a breeding site inside an abandoned cement building.
  • (7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Columnist Jonathan Freedland and economics editor Larry Elliott discuss the late-night deal that the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed to When it comes to the now-abandoned Thessaloniki Programme, the radical manifesto on which Alexis Tsipras came to power, there is always talk of implementing it “from below”: that is, demanding so many workers’ rights inside the industries designated for privatisation that it becomes impossible; or implementing the minimum wage through wildcat strikes.
  • (8) Reading these latest statistics, it’s crucial that our generation – millennials, Gen Y, whatever we want to call ourselves – abandons this preposterous narrative.
  • (9) It will be only a matter of time before the body-count begins.” Jeremy Hunt says five-day doctors' strike will be 'worst in NHS history' Read more The BMA says it will call off the strikes if the government abandons imposing a tougher new contract in October, but the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt , was in a no-turning-back mood on the BBC’s Today programme this morning.
  • (10) But he criticised Clegg for forcing the government to abandon the data communications bill.
  • (11) The Iraqi prime minister has fired several senior security force commanders over the defeats in the face of Isis and on Wednesday announced that 59 military officers would be prosecuted for abandoning the city of Mosul.
  • (12) Speaking for the first time since the Qatari royal family abandoned his plans to build 552 new homes on the site of ­Chelsea barracks, Rogers called for a national inquiry into whether the prince has a constitutional right to become involved in matters such as planning applications which have economic, political and social ramifications.
  • (13) That’s why when I heard from a family of 11 from my Walthamstow constituency whose holiday to LA had had to be abandoned, my first thought was for their kids.
  • (14) North Wiltshire MP James Gray said he was "very glad" Islam4UK had abandoned its march, which he said had been shown to be a "media stunt".
  • (15) It is better to abandon the idea of a plasty when the tubal mucosa is in a bad condition.
  • (16) The Scottish Tory leader, Ruth Davidson, has abandoned plans to call for lower Scottish tax rates after learning that George Osborne is considering far deeper spending cuts.
  • (17) Families like these are being abandoned to their fate and, as Steve Hynes of the Legal Action Group says: "These are often truly desperate people."
  • (18) We must abandon the opinion that the prestige of a surgical department rests in the number of beds.
  • (19) In addition, the first patient was given a peroral prophylaxis with dantrolene; in subsequent cases this route of administration was abandoned.
  • (20) MPs have voted to abandon the controversial badger cull in England entirely, inflicting an embarrassing defeat on ministers who had already been forced to postpone the start of the killing until next summer.

Depraved


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Deprave

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For here we see the depravity to which man can sink, the barbarity that unfolds when we begin to see our fellow human beings as somehow less than us, less worthy of dignity and life; we see how evil can, for a moment in time, triumph when good people do nothing."
  • (2) The comments emerged in an article about last year’s Manchester Pride event, which was described in the Christian Soldiers newsletter as an “annual parade of depravity”.
  • (3) It’s a sign there is an utter ruthlessness and depravity about this movement which is hideous and sickening and deplorable.
  • (4) The charges range from second-degree assault, a misdemeanor, to second-degree “depraved-heart” murder.
  • (5) People have, of course, always committed depraved and evil acts, but simply to say “It has always happened” does not explain what is distinctive about contemporary terrorism.
  • (6) Shortly before 9pm on Wednesday, her voice cracking with emotion, the prime minister confirmed that what she called the “sick and depraved” attack had been carried out by a single assailant.
  • (7) The fighting has often slid into horror and depravity over the past 22 months.
  • (8) It is impossible to fully fathom the depravity and horror inflicted on innocent people by Nazi terror.” Trump later pledged in the statement “to do everything in my power throughout my presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good”.
  • (9) A hymn to the depravity of Edinburgh that balances the noble pursuance of art.
  • (10) "[Eady] in effect ruled that it is perfectly acceptable for the multimillionaire head of a multibillion sport that is followed by countless young people to pay five women £2,500 to take part in acts of unimaginable sexual depravity with him," he said.
  • (11) I used to be so scared when going out in the deserted fields in the dark, because I could be attacked any time by depraved criminals,” she said.
  • (12) The film could be said to mark the moment when the favela – previously a byword for criminality, sickness and moral depravity – started to become “chic”.
  • (13) After nearly a decade of supporting roles in mostly decent movies – you could also add to the list Up In The Air, Paul, Hancock, and State Of Play – Bateman has finally worked his way up to leading-man status – albeit as a straight-seeming guy who gets away with improbable and morally depraved acts.
  • (14) From the depraved dregs of humanity; the glorious blossoming of hope, a tangible act of togetherness; the salvation of pop.
  • (15) During this time 101 patients died (23.2%), with whom severeness of disease as well as the extent of social depravation could be identified as factors influencing mortality.
  • (16) "This is yet another example of the depraved behaviour of the Syrian regime, and why it must go.
  • (17) In contrast to premeditated homicide, a first-degree charge, depraved heart murder alleges the suspect actions were predicated by recklessness – and not caring about that recklessness – rather than intent.
  • (18) Bateman always comes across as the sanest, smartest, straightest guy in the movie even though his characters regularly commit acts of either moral depravity or wild improbability, or both.
  • (19) If the shooting down of the aeroplane was wild, reckless and tragic then the behaviour of the rebels in the aftermath has been depraved.
  • (20) As we’ve seen so tragically – from Brussels to Istanbul to Iraq, where Isil slaughtered children watching soccer – these depraved terrorists still have the ability to inflict horrific violence on the innocent, to the revulsion of the entire world,” he said.