abjection

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ABJECTION

a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior <sees the corporate scandal as yet another sign of the general abjection of our society>

Synonyms abjection, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravity, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitude

Related Words evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness; filth, gangrene, rot, squalor

Near Antonyms goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue

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