putrefaction, n.
(putrefactions)
(putrefactions)
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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corruption degeneracy depravation depravity putrefaction
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"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"
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(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
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breakdown decomposition putrefaction rot rotting
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a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
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putrefaction rot
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