putrefaction
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Definition of putrefaction:
a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action 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 putrefaction" |