Definition of Decay

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Definition of Decay

Decay

To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.

To cause to decay; to impair.

To destroy.

Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.

Destruction; death.

Cause of decay.

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Decay Quotations

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Thomas Jefferson

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.
Bob Dylan

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
George Orwell

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Vladimir Lenin

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
Henry Miller

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
Ambrose Bierce

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.
Robert Browning

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together.
Jean-Luc Godard

Decay Translations

decay in Danish is forfald
decay in Dutch is verval
decay in Latin is morior, caries
decay in Spanish is decaimiento

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