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putrefaction
noun
Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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ˌpjuːtɹəˈfækʃən
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noun
Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
“The luxury and corruption among the upper classes”
noun
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
noun
A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
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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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