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degenerate

/'dʒɛnɜrət/

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verb
grow worse
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"Conditions in the slums degenerated"

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deteriorate devolve drop

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decline worsen
noun
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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deviant deviate pervert

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miscreant reprobate
adjective
unrestrained by convention or morality
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debauched degraded dissipated dissolute fast libertine profligate riotous immoral

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