noun
- states of being worn out or weakened by old age or long use; conditions of decay or deterioration
Usage: plural form of decrepitude
Examples
- The old mansion showed various decrepitudes after decades of neglect.
- Physical decrepitudes often accompany advanced age.
- The building’s decrepitudes were evident in its crumbling walls and broken windows.
- Despite his mental sharpness, he struggled with the decrepitudes of his aging body.
- The city’s infrastructure suffered from multiple decrepitudes requiring immediate attention.
- She documented the decrepitudes of the abandoned factory for her photography project.