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decadency

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Synonyms and Antonyms of decadency

a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior

a novel that examines the decadency of a group of overprivileged teens in an affluent suburb

Synonyms of decadency

abjection, corruption, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravity, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitude

Words Related to decadency

evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness

filth, gangrene, rot, squalor

Near Antonyms of decadency

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue

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