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View usage for: (dɪkrepɪtjuːd, US -tuːd) uncountable nounDecrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition. [formal] The building had a general air of decrepitude and neglect. More Synonyms of decrepitude decrepitude in American English (diˈkrɛpəˌtud; diˈkrɛpəˌtjud) noun the condition of being decrepit; feebleness or infirmity Word origin Fr décrépitudeExamples of 'decrepitude' in a sentencedecrepitude Even so, shortly after the funeral she began to forget Reeves's final decrepitude and to cherish earlier memories.In the fifties and sixties, most of those old houses had fallen on hard times and decrepitude. The buildings had been allowed to fall into decrepitude. the boundary between healthy middle age and total decrepitude Synonyms wasting invalidity feebleness eld (archaic) Additional synonymsDefinition a state of weakness, esp. caused by illness Anxiety or general debility can play a part in allergies. Synonyms weakness, exhaustion, frailty, incapacity, infirmity, feebleness, faintness, decrepitude, enervation, enfeeblement, sickliness Definition the process of degenerating the degeneration of our political system Synonyms deterioration, decline, dissolution, descent, regression, dissipation, degeneracy, debasementenzymes that cause the deterioration of food Synonyms disintegration, decay, rot, breakdown, perishing, degradation (technical term), corrosion, degeneration, atrophy, decomposition, putrefaction Nearby words ofdecrepitude - decreasingly
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