How to pronounce "putrefaction"

• "putrefaction" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "putrefaction"

Noun

a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

Synonyms:

• putrefaction
• rot

Noun

(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

Synonyms:

• decomposition
• rot
• rotting
• putrefaction
• breakdown

Noun

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

Synonyms:

• corruption
• degeneracy
• depravation
• depravity
• putrefaction