Labefaction
Pronunciation : Lab`e*fac"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Labefy.]
Definition : Defn: The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin. There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may be injurious to morality. Johnson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913