putrefaction

Noun
  1. A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor (synset 114584518)
    is a type of: decay - an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
    subtypes: corruption, putrescence, putridness, rottenness - in a state of progressive putrefaction
    same as: rot
  2. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action (synset 113479192)
    referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
    is a type of: decay - the process of gradually becoming inferior
    same as: breakdown, decomposition, rot, rotting
  3. Moral perversion;
    Impairment of virtue and moral principles (synset 104858227)
    "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"
    is a type of: immorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
    same as: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity

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