ETYM From Degenerate.
The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities; SYN. degeneration.
1. The state of being degenerate.
2. The process of becoming degenerate.
3. Sexual perversion.
4. The coding of an amino acid by more than one codon.

Decadence, degradation, immorality

ETYM Cf. French dégénération.
1. Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form; SYN. retrogression.
2. The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.