1. (

• degeneracy ,
• degeneration ,
• decadence ,
• decadency

) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities ;

2. (

• corruption ,
• degeneracy ,
• depravation ,
• depravity ,
• putrefaction

) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "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" ;