'Decadence' definitions:
Definition of 'decadence'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency]
Definition of 'Decadence'
From: GCIDE
- Decadence \De*ca"dence\, Decadency \De*ca"den*cy\, n. [LL. decadentia; L. de- + cadere to fall: cf. F. d['e]cadence. See Decay.] A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decadence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abandonment,
- abjection,
- comedown,
- corruptedness,
- corruption,
- corruptness,
- debasement,
- decadency,
- decadent,
- decayed,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerate,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demoralization,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depravity,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- devolution,
- dissoluteness,
- downfall,
- downgrade,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- dying,
- ebb,
- effeteness,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- falling-off,
- involution,
- lapse,
- loss of tone,
- moral pollution,
- moral turpitude,
- overripe,
- profligacy,
- regress,
- regression,
- reprobacy,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- rottenness,
- slippage,
- slump,
- turpitude,
- wane