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(noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
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Synonyms: degeneration |
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Related Words: abasement, abjection, degradation |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: corruption, depravity |
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Related Words: immorality |
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