Nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null.
Roget 659:
deterioration,
debasement;
wane,
ebb;
recession
etc.
287;
retrogradation
etc.
283†;
decrease
etc.
36.
degeneracy,
degeneration,
degenerateness;
degradation;
depravation,
depravement;
devolution;
depravity
etc.
945;
demoralization,
retrogression;
masochism.
impairment,
inquination†,
injury,
damage,
loss,
detriment,
delaceration†,
outrage,
havoc,
inroad,
ravage,
scath†;
perversion,
prostitution,
vitiation,
discoloration,
oxidation,
pollution,
defoedation†,
poisoning,
venenation†,
leaven,
contamination,
canker,
corruption,
adulteration,
alloy.
decline,
declension,
declination;
decadence,
decadency†;
falling off
etc.
v.;
caducity†,
decrepitude.
decay,
dilapidation,
ravages of time,
wear and tear;
corrosion,
erosion;
moldiness,
rottenness;
moth and rust,
dry rot,
blight,
marasmus†,
atrophy,
collapse;
disorganization;
delabrement
etc.
(destruction).
162;
aphid,
Aphis,
plant louse,
puceron†;
vinefretter†,
vinegrub†.
wreck,
mere wreck,
honeycomb,
magni nominis umbra [Lat.];
jade,
plug,
rackabones [U.S.],
skate [U.S.];
tackey†,
tacky [U.S.].
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