Meaning : A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
Synonyms : rot
Meaning : (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.
Synonyms : breakdown, decomposition, rot, rotting
Meaning : Moral perversion. Impairment of virtue and moral principles.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity