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putrefaction

DEFINITIONS OF: putrefaction

1

n (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

Synonyms:
decomposition, rot, rotting
Type of:
decay
the process of gradually becoming inferior

n a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

Synonyms:
rot
Types:
corruption, putrescence, putridness, rottenness
in a state of progressive putrefaction
Type of:
decay
an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

n moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

“Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction”
Synonyms:
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity
Type of:
immorality
the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
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