Putrefaction - Definition

n 1: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
[syn: putrefaction, rot]
2: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal
action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting,
putrefaction]
3: 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" [syn: corruption, degeneracy,
depravation, depravity, putrefaction]