Dictionary definition for: Degenerate
1. (n) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
2. (v) grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated" "Conditions in the slums degenerated" "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
3. (s) unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society" "deplorably dissipated and degraded" "riotous living" "fast women"
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