Degeneracy

De`gen´er`a`cy

n.	1.	The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. Willful degeneracy from goodness. - Tillotson.
	2.	The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. - Addison. To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. - S. Clarke.

Noun	1.	degeneracy - the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities Synonyms: decadence, decadency, degeneration
	2.	degeneracy - 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" Synonyms: depravity, corruption