putrefaction

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noun

1. a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
• Syn:
rot
• Derivationally related forms:
rot (for: rot), putrefy
• Hypernyms:
decay
• Hyponyms:
putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption
2. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
• Syn:
decomposition, rot, rotting
• Derivationally related forms:
putrefy, rot (for: rotting), rot (for: rot), decompose (for: decomposition)
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Hypernyms:
decay
3. moral perversion;
impairment of virtue and moral principles
- 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
• Syn:
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity
• Derivationally related forms:
depraved (for: depravity), deprave (for: depravity), deprave (for: depravation)
• Hypernyms:
immorality

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, decomposition, rot, rotting