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Webster 1913 Edition

Decadency

{

De-ca′dence

,

De-ca′den-cy

, }

Noun.

[LL.

decadentia

; L.

de-

+

cadere

to fall: cf. F.

décadence

. See

.]

A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. “The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence.”

Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024

decadency

decadency

English

Noun

decadency ‎(countable and uncountable, plural decadencies)

decadence.