noun (n)

• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  decadence, decadency, degeneration
  

  source: wordnet30
• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  Moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration.
  

  Synonym:
  corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.(noun)

  source: webster1913