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1 definition found 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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