degeneration (n.)

• abandon
• abandonment
• abjection
• about-face
• accommodation
• adaptation
• adjustment
• alteration
• amelioration
• apostasy
• atrophy
• betterment
• break
• change
• changeableness
• comedown
• continuity
• conversion
• corruption
• corruptness
• debasement
• decadence
• decadency
• declension
• declination
• decline
• defection
• deformation
• degeneracy
• degradation
• demoralization
• demotion
• depravation
• depravity
• depreciation
• derogation
• descent
• deterioration
• deviation
• devolution
• difference
• discontinuity
• dissoluteness
• divergence
• diversification
• diversion
• diversity
• downfall
• downgrade
• downturn
• drop
• dying
• ebb
• fading
• failing
• failure
• fall
• feedback
• fitting
• flip-flop
• improvement
• involution
• lapse
• melioration
• mitigation
• modification
• modulation
• overthrow
• perversion
• profligacy
• qualification
• re-creation
• reform
• reformation
• regression
• remaking
• renewal
• retrogression
• reversal
• revival
• revivification
• revolution
• rottenness
• shift
• slippage
• slump
• switch
• transition
• turn
• turnabout
• turpitude
• upheaval
• variation
• variety
• wane
• worsening