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criterion
Noun
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A criterion is a principle that you use to judge something or decide about something.
The only criterion used for measuring success was school grades.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
degeneracy
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noun
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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noun
(= corruption, depravity, putrefaction)
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction