perversion (n.)

  1. a curve that reverses the direction of something; the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion; perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords'

  2. an aberrant sexual practice;

    [ Syn: sexual perversion ]

  3. the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); it was a perversion of justice'

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