noun

the state or quality of being degenerate.

the degeneracy of later Roman work

corruption,corruptness,decadence,moral decay,dissipation,dissoluteness,dissolution,profligacy,depravity,perversion,pervertedness,vice,immorality,lack of morals,lack of principles,baseness,turpitude,wickedness,evil,sin,sinfulness,ungodliness,debauchery,lewdness,lechery,lecherousness,lasciviousness,licentiousness,libidinousness,promiscuity,wantonness,libertinism,intemperance