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gangrene

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gangrene

a pervasive moral or social decay

a society beset by moral gangrene

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of gangrene

filth, rot, squalor

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

evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of gangrene

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue

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