4 September 2026
(uncountable) With a negative connotation: the process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; decay, deterioration; also, the bad state which has been reached; (countable) an instance of this. - (uncountable, art, literature) An age or period of time when art, literature, etc., is regarded as having declined. - (uncountable) With a positive connotation: the quality of being luxuriously enjoyable or self-indulgent, especially of food; luxuriousness, richness. - (uncountable, archaic) The process or state of falling down or falling off.
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