#1 degeneracy n. [degeneration, decadence, decadency] the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities. wn
#2 degeneracy n. [corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction] 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 putrefac. wn
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