Antonyms for de-generation
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dih-jen-uh-rey-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən |
- accomplishment
- achievement
- admiration
- advance
- advantage
- approval
- ascent
- attainment
- betterment
- blessing
- building
- cleanliness
- cleanness
- combination
- construction
- continuity
- creation
- decency
- development
- elevation
- enlargement
- esteem
- expansion
- flourish
- flow
- fortune
- germination
- good
- goodness
- growth
- honesty
- honor
- humility
- improvement
- incline
- increase
- kindness
- morality
- perfection
- progress
- promotion
- pureness
- purification
- purity
- ripening
- rise
- sterility
- strength
- strengthening
- success
- truthfulness
- upgrade
- virtue
- wholesomeness
- win
Definition of de-generation
Origin :- c.1600, from French dégéneration (15c.) or directly from Late Latin degenerationem (nominative degeneratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin degenerare (see degenerate (adj.)).
- As in lapse : noun backsliding
- As in atrophy : noun wasting away, disintegration
- As in ruin : noun situation of devastation
- As in retrogression : noun deterioration
- As in declension : noun deterioration
- As in declination : noun deterioration
- As in degeneration : noun deterioration
- As in immorality : noun corruption
- As in improbity : noun corruption
- As in putrefaction : noun decay
- As in putrescence : noun decay
- As in putridness : noun decay
- As in recidivation : noun lapse
- As in recidivism : noun lapse
- As in spoilage : noun decay
- As in corrosion : noun disintegration
- As in corruption : noun baseness
- As in decadence : noun perversion; deterioration of morality
- As in decay : noun breaking down, collapse
- As in decline : noun lessening
- As in degradation : noun depravity, shame
- As in downfall : noun disgrace, ruin
- As in ebb : noun regression; decline
- As in entropy : noun deterioration
Synonyms for de-generation
- abasement
- abatement
- adulteration
- atrocity
- atrophy
- backflow
- backslide
- backsliding
- bane
- bankruptcy
- bath
- bestiality
- blight
- breakdown
- breakup
- caries
- cloudburst
- collapse
- comedown
- comeuppance
- confusion
- consumption
- corrosion
- corruption
- corruptness
- crackup
- crash
- cropper
- crumbling
- damage
- debacle
- debasement
- decadence
- decadency
- decay
- decaying
- declension
- declination
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- defeat
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- deluge
- demolition
- demotion
- depravity
- depreciation
- derogation
- descent
- destitution
- destruction
- deterioration
- devolution
- dilapidation
- diminution
- discomfiture
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonesty
- dishonor
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissipation
- dissolution
- dive
- down
- downfall
- downgrade
- downgrading
- downturn
- drop
- dwindling
- dying
- ebb
- ebbing
- enfeeblement
- erosion
- evil
- excess
- extinction
- fading
- fading away
- failing
- failure
- fall
- falling apart
- falling off
- flagging
- flagitiousness
- flood
- flop
- gangrene
- gluttony
- going out
- havoc
- humiliation
- ignominy
- immorality
- impairment
- impurity
- incontinence
- infamy
- iniquity
- insolvency
- intemperance
- lapse
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- lessening
- lewdness
- licentiousness
- looseness
- loss
- low tide
- low water
- lubricity
- mortification
- nemesis
- on the rocks
- on the skids
- outward flow
- overthrow
- oxidation
- perishing
- perversion
- petering out
- pratfall
- profligacy
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putridity
- putridness
- rack and ruin
- recession
- recidivation
- recidivism
- reduction
- refluence
- reflux
- regression
- relapse
- retreat
- retrocession
- retroflux
- retrogradation
- retrogression
- road to ruin
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- senility
- sensuality
- shrinkage
- sinfulness
- sinking
- skids
- slackening
- slump
- spoilage
- spoilation
- storm
- subsidence
- subversion
- sweep
- sybaritism
- the end
- the skids
- turpitude
- undoing
- vice
- viciousness
- villainousness
- villainy
- vulgarity
- wane
- waning
- waste
- wasting
- wasting away
- waterloo
- weakening
- wear
- wickedness
- withdrawal
- withering
- worsening
- wreck
- wreckage
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