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NOUN (3)

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

2. an aberrant sexual practice;;
[syn: perversion, sexual perversion]

3. the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use);
- Example: "it was a perversion of justice"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: perversion, sexual
       perversion]
    3: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong
       use); "it was a perversion of justice"