[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

degeneracy \degen"eracy\, n. from degenerate, a.
   1. the act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
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            willful degeneracy from goodness.     --tillotson.
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   2. the state of having become degenerate; decline in good
      qualities; deterioration; meanness.
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            degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery.
                                                  --addison.
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            to recover mankind out of their universal corruption
            and degeneracy.                       --s. clarke.
      1913 webster
see also:
degenerate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

degeneracy
     n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
          syn: degeneration, decadence, decadency
     2: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
        "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes";
        "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration";
        "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity" syn: corruption,
         depravity
see also:
degeneration decadence decadency corruption depravity 

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