putrefaction, rot -- (a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor)
decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction -- ((biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action)
corruption, degeneracy, 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 putrefaction")
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