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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decadency
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.
Wiktionary
decadency
n. decadence.
WordNet
decadency
n. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence]
Usage examples of "decadency".
Decadency these Virginians practice an elaborate Folly of Courtly Love, unmodified since the Dark Ages, so relentlessly that at length they cannot distinguish Fancy from the substantial World, and their Folly absorbs them into itself.