15 down
Absence
of
moral
rectitude
with
which
18
vied
(9)
Absence of moral rectitude with which 18 vied (9)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Absence of moral rectitude is the definition here. The clue points to 18 across (REFORM PARTY): the word REFORM acts as the anagram indicator, telling us to rearrange the rest of it, PARTY, together with 'vied' — and the letters of PARTYVIED jumble up to give DEPRAVITY.