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bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, neglect)
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besetting sin(expression, idiom, vice)
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blight(decline, collapse, deterioration, impairment, degeneration)
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blunder(noun, wrong, slip, weakness, burden)
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blundering
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breakdown(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
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catch(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
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check(noun, verb, weakness, crack, fault)
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comedown(noun, drop, fall, failure, deterioration)
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crack(noun, weakness, fault, blemish, flaw)
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cracking
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decadent(mean, low, immoral, debased, deteriorated)
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decaying(adjective, last, final, ultimate, fading)
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decrease(noun, drop, decline, fall, collapse)
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decrepitude(noun, drop, decline, disorder, fall)
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defalcation(noun, weakness, lack, defect, deficiency)
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defeated(adjective, vain, ineffective, unsuccessful, weakening)
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degeneracy(noun, drop, decline, fall, collapse)
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delinquency(noun, decline, wrong, weakness, burden)
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depreciation(decline, ruin, collapse, deterioration, impairment)
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