The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
Detraction; depreciation.
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
A rolling down.
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.