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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decadence \De*ca"dence\, Decadency \De*ca"den*cy\, n. [LL.
decadentia L. de- + cadere to fall: cf F. d['e]cadence. See
{Decay}.]
A falling away decay; deterioration; declension. ``The old
castle, where the family lived in their decadence.'' --Sir W.
Scott.
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