Origin: Latin suffix -sion
Perversion has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
a curve that reverses the direction of something
"the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"
"perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"
an aberrant sexual practice
the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
"it was a perversion of justice"
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.