noun. In ecclesiastical law, the amount charged against an incumbent for damages incurred during his incumbency.

noun. In geology, the process by which exposed ledges become diminished or destroyed through the falling away of fragments of rock; also, the material broken off.

noun. Gradual ruin or decay; disorder; especially, impairment or ruin through misuse or neglect.

noun. Specifically In English ecclesiastical law, the pulling down, suffering to go to decay, or ruin of any building or other property in possession of an incumbent.

noun. The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

noun. Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.

noun. The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay.

noun. The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.

noun. The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or by intention.

noun. Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.

noun. the process of becoming dilapidated

noun. a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

"Cancer differs ... from heart disease and cirrhosis and the other lethal forms of physiological breakdown; uncontrolled cell reproduction, not organ dilapidation, is the problem."

integrity  repair  

stoning  

dilapidate  dilapidated  dilapidator  

decay  deterioration  impairment  

back-office  beggary  decrepitude  degeneracy  depopulation  

ablation  atomization  bankruptcy  biodegradability  biodegradation