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putrefaction

noun

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

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Word length
12
Starts with
P
Ends with
N
Contains
UT
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ˌpjuːtɹəˈfækʃən

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noun

  1. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

    “the luxury and corruption among the upper classes”

noun

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

noun

  1. a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

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Example Sentences

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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