Synonyms of the word

degeneracy

• n. the state of being degenerate (in all senses).

abasement

• n. The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
• n. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

abjection

• n. A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
• n. (obsolete, chiefly figuratively) Something cast off; garbage.
• n. (obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
• n. (obsolete) The act of casting off; rejection.
• n. (biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.

corruption

• n. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted…
• n. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization,…
• n. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
• n. The decomposition of biological matter.
• n. The seeking of bribes.
• n. (computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental…
• n. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
• n. (linguistics) A debased or nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, resulting from misunderstanding,…
• n. Something that is evil but is supposed to be good.

decadence

• n. A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay.

decadency

• n. decadence.

degeneration

• n. (uncountable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
• n. (uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished…
• n. (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular…
• n. (countable) A thing that has degenerated.

degradation

• n. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or…
• n. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual…
• n. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
• n. (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
• n. A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural…
• n. The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
• n. Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
• n. The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold…

depravation

• n. Detraction; depreciation.
• n. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
• n. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
• n. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

depravity

• n. (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
• n. (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
• n. (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature…

immorality

• n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
• n. (countable) An immoral act or practice.

putrefaction

• n. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation…
• n. Rotten material.
• n. The state of being rotten.