Synonyms: putrefaction, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, corruption
Definition: 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
Similar words: immorality
Definition: the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
Usage: the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction
Synonyms: decomposition, putrefaction, rot, rotting
Definition: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
Similar words: decay
Definition: the process of gradually becoming inferior
Synonyms: putrefaction, rot
Definition: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
Similar words: decay
Definition: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
Usage: the corpse was in an advanced state of decay; the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair