Descent to a lower level or condition

• atrophy

  1. A wasting away, deterioration, or diminution:
  2. A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use:

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  1. A wasting away, deterioration, or diminution:
  2. A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use:

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• decadence

  1. Lavish or sensual self-indulgence
  2. A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.
  3. A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.

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  1. Lavish or sensual self-indulgence
  2. A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.
  3. A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.

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• declension

  1. (Gram.) A class of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives having the same or a similar system of inflections to show case
  2. (Linguistics) In certain languages, the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives with respect to categories such as case, number, and gender.
  3. A decline or decrease; deterioration:

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  1. (Gram.) A class of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives having the same or a similar system of inflections to show case
  2. (Linguistics) In certain languages, the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives with respect to categories such as case, number, and gender.
  3. A decline or decrease; deterioration:

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• declination

  1. An oblique variation from some definite direction
  2. A falling off, especially from prosperity or vigor; a decline.
  3. (Archaic) Decline; deterioration; decay

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  1. An oblique variation from some definite direction
  2. A falling off, especially from prosperity or vigor; a decline.
  3. (Archaic) Decline; deterioration; decay

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• decline

  1. A downward movement or fall, as in price.
  2. A period of decline
  3. The process or result of declining, especially a deterioration of health:

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  1. A downward movement or fall, as in price.
  2. A period of decline
  3. The process or result of declining, especially a deterioration of health:

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• degeneration

  1. (Med.) Deterioration in structure or function of cells, tissues, or organs, as in disease or aging
  2. (Biology) The evolutionary decline or loss of a function, characteristic, or structure in an organism or species.
  3. (Medicine) Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.

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  1. (Med.) Deterioration in structure or function of cells, tissues, or organs, as in disease or aging
  2. (Biology) The evolutionary decline or loss of a function, characteristic, or structure in an organism or species.
  3. (Medicine) Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.

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• deterioration

  1. The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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  1. The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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Deterioration

• degeneration

  1. A degenerate condition
  2. (Medicine) Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.
  3. (Biology) The evolutionary decline or loss of a function, characteristic, or structure in an organism or species.

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  1. A degenerate condition
  2. (Medicine) Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.
  3. (Biology) The evolutionary decline or loss of a function, characteristic, or structure in an organism or species.

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• decline

  1. A downward movement or fall, as in price.
  2. The process or result of declining, especially a deterioration of health:
  3. A period of decline

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  1. A downward movement or fall, as in price.
  2. The process or result of declining, especially a deterioration of health:
  3. A period of decline

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• decadence

  1. Lavish or sensual self-indulgence
  2. A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.
  3. A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.

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  1. Lavish or sensual self-indulgence
  2. A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.
  3. A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.

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Perversion

• depravity

  1. A depraved act or condition.
  2. A depraved condition; corruption; wickedness
  3. Moral corruption or degradation.

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  1. A depraved act or condition.
  2. A depraved condition; corruption; wickedness
  3. Moral corruption or degradation.

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• debasement

  1. The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
  2. The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering, especially in character or quality.

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  1. The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
  2. The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering, especially in character or quality.

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• turpitude

  1. An instance of this
  2. A base act.
  3. Depravity; baseness.

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  1. An instance of this
  2. A base act.
  3. Depravity; baseness.

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