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Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Decadence is a luxurious self-indulgence. It is often used to describe a decline due to an erosion of moral, ethical, or sexual traditions.
Moral turpitude. Moral turpitude is a legal concept in the United States and some other countries that refers to an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community. This term appears in U.S. immigration law beginning in the 19th century. The concept of moral turpitude might escape precise definition, but it has been described as an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellowmen, or to society in general, co