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putrefaction::noun | Spocien Dictionary

putrefaction

noun

/,pjutrə'fækʃən/

a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

Type	Words
Synonyms	rot
Type of	decay
Has types	corruption, rottenness, putrescence, putridness
Derivation	putrefy

putrefaction

noun

/,pjutrə'fækʃən/

(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

Type	Words
Synonyms	breakdown, decomposition, rot, rotting
Type of	decay
Derivation	putrefy

putrefaction

noun

/,pjutrə'fækʃən/

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Type	Words
Synonyms	corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity
Type of	immorality

Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction.