Fäulnis — meaning in English
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English meaning
- corruption noun Dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by people in power, such as bribery.
- decay verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
- putrefaction noun The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
Senses
Fäulnis is used for these senses in English:
- corruption The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- decay (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
- putrefaction The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
- rottenness The quality of being rotten.
corruption — full definition
- noun Dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by people in power, such as bribery.
- noun Damage to data caused by errors during storage or transfer.
decay — full definition
- verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
- verb To decline gradually in quality, strength, or condition.
- noun The process or result of rotting or gradual deterioration.
- noun In physics, the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus or particle breaks down over time.