words associated with abjections
Synonyms of abjection
corruption: : dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers) : depravity
corruptness: : to change from good to bad in morals, manners, or actions Officials were corrupted by greed. was accused of corrupting the youth
debasement: : to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character debased himself by lying to his supporters … a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress to outlaw debasing the American flag. —Time This is not to say that you should be prepared to debase camping standards. —The Scout Leader’s Handbook
debauchery: : extreme indulgence in bodily pleasures and especially sexual pleasures : behavior involving sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. that is often considered immoral … he was glad when others joined them, men and women; and they had more drink and spent the night in wild rioting and debauchery . —Upton Sinclair … Matthew had continued his debaucheries , having chartered a private plane for himself and a bunch of fringe celebrities to go to Corfu for a week of hard-core partying. —Evgenia Peretz
decadence: : the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent the decadence of modern society escape the decadence that attends upon old age —G. L. Dickinson
decadency: : decadence sense 1
degeneracy: : the state of being degenerate
degenerateness: : having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state the last degenerate member of a noble family —W. E. Swinton
degeneration: : degenerate (see degenerate entry 1) condition
degradation: : the act or process of degrading environmental degradation the gradual degradation of organic matter … nothing infuriates the female students more than the degradation of women that is associated with male sports … —Scott Stossel suffer the degradations of poverty and abuse
demoralization: : to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : to corrupt the morals of
depravity: : a corrupt act or practice the depravities of war
dissipatedness: : given to or marked by dissipation : dissolute
dissipation: : the action or process of dissipating : the state of being dissipated:
dissoluteness: : lacking restraint
libertinage: : libertinism
libertinism: : the quality or state of being libertine : the behavior of a libertine
perversion: : the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted
pervertedness: : corrupt
rakishness: : the quality or state of being rakish
turpitude: : inherent baseness : depravity moral turpitude
Words Related to abjection
evil: : morally reprehensible : sinful , wicked an evil impulse
immorality: : the quality or state of being immoral
sinfulness: : tainted with, marked by, or full of sin : wicked
villainy: : villainous conduct
wickedness: : the quality or state of being wicked
filth: : foul or putrid matter
gangrene: : local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
rot: : to undergo decomposition from the action of bacteria or fungi
squalor: : the quality or state of being squalid
Near Antonyms of abjection
goodness: : the quality or state of being good
morality: : a moral discourse, statement, or lesson ended his lecture with a trite morality
righteousness: : acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
virtue: : conformity to a standard of right : morality
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