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degeneration n. [
devolution] the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
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degeneration n. [
degeneracy, decadence, decadency] the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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degeneration n. [
retrogression] passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
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