Total depravity is the fallen state of human beings as a result of original sin. ... Total depravity does not mean that people have lost part of their humanity or are ontologically deteriorated.

What does total depravity mean in the Bible?

: a state of corruption due to original sin held in Calvinism to infect every part of man's nature and to make the natural man unable to know or obey God.

What do you understand by depravity *?

1 : a corrupt act or practice the depravities of war. 2 : the quality or state of being corrupt, evil, or perverted : the quality or state of being depraved He is awed by its fabulous wealth but deeply troubled by what he sees as its moral depravity …—