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corruption
[kɝ'əpʃən]
the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
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degeneracy
[dɪ'dʒɛnɝəsi]
moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
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depravation
[ˌdɛprə'veɪʃən]
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depravity
[dɪ'prævəti]
its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
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putrefaction
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction