Putrefaction (Noun)
Meaning 1
A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 2
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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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.