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forfald — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • decadence noun A state of moral or cultural decline, often linked to excessive luxury or self-indulgence.
  • decay verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
  • decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
  • degeneration noun The process of becoming worse, weaker, or less functional over time.

Senses

forfald is used for these senses in English:

  • decadence A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
  • decay (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
  • decay A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
  • decline Downward movement, fall.
  • degeneration (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.

decadence — full definition

  1. noun A state of moral or cultural decline, often linked to excessive luxury or self-indulgence.
  2. noun Luxurious self-indulgence, without necessarily implying moral decline.

decay — full definition

  1. verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
  2. verb To decline gradually in quality, strength, or condition.
  3. noun The process or result of rotting or gradual deterioration.
  4. noun In physics, the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus or particle breaks down over time.

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