Antonyms for putrescence

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pyoo-tres-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : pyuˈtrɛs ənt

Definition of putrescence

Origin : 1640s, from Latin putrescentem (nominative putrescens), present participle of putrescere "grow rotten, moulder, decay," inchoative of putrere "be rotten" (see putrid).

noun decay

Example sentences :

He never soiled his pen in the putrescence of falsehood and incendiarism.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

An ignis fatuus, perhaps; a Jack-o'-lanthorn begotten of putrescence.
Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini

The air was full of putrescence and the strong odour of foul mud.
Extract from : « A Company of Tanks » by W. H. L. Watson

The waysides were strewn with dead bodies in every state of putrescence.
Extract from : « Heroines of the Crusades » by C. A. Bloss

The next indication is, to counteract the tendency to putrescence.
Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd

What the larva of antiquity ate was live flesh and not putrescence.
Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre

You would not have me for fear of pain perish in putrescence.
Extract from : « Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Boswell

Miss Van Tuyn was not going to allow herself to be influenced by the putrescence of Garstin's mind.
Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens

Where there is danger of putrescence, add a small quantity of powdered charcoal.
Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd

The adults discovered in the company of their larval family, in this putrescence which was a Rat, are all abominably verminous.
Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre

Synonyms for putrescence

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