noun
- A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
- synonyms: rot
- Biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.
- synonyms: decomposition, rot, rotting
- Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles.
- usage: "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
- synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity
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