Also means
decline
Usage Note
Decadimento is masculine. It covers both physical decay (in physics, decadimento radioattivo = radioactive decay) and the abstract sense of moral or cultural decline. The related verb is decadere (to decay, to lapse), and the adjective decadente gave rise to the literary movement Decadentismo.
Examples
"Il decadimento del vecchio edificio è evidente."
Natural Translation
The decay of the old building is evident.
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