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n. Decomposition of organic matter, especially protein, by microorganisms, resulting in production of foul-smelling matter.

n. Putrefied matter.

n. The condition of being putrefied.

n. the act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products

n. rotted material

n. the state of being rotted

n. The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

n. The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied.

n. The act or process of putrefying; the decomposition of animal and vegetable substances, attended by the evolution of fetid gases.

n. Putrefied matter.

n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

n. a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

n. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

"He was looking at it as though it were an animal, days dead and far gone in putrefaction, that had been malevolently dumped on a pristine altar consecrated to solemn rituals and tended to by votaries of an elite cult."

immorality    decay   

putrefactive    putrescent    putrefy    putrid    putrefacient   

decomposition    corruption   

decomposition    mildew    rottenness    putrescence    cordite