definition of
degeneracy

[1] #1 degeneracy n. [degeneration, decadence, decadency] the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities. wn

[2] #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