Decay and Opening

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Decay noun - A gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body.

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Opening and decay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opening" instead a noun "Decay".

Nearby Words: decayed, decaying, decadence, decadent

Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Decay and opening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decay" instead a noun "Opening".

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

long	long decay	long opening
similar	similar decay	similar opening
usual	usual decay	usual opening
entire	entire decay	entire opening
Other adjectives: real, massive, infamous.

This fake opening (perhaps technically not a trailer) for a Saturday-morning Watchmen cartoon features hilarious Lighter and Softer Adaptation Decay and a Cliché Storm of 1980s cartoon tropes.

Source: Real Trailer, Fake Movie
While the Pillars do have roots in earlier Japanese culture, the specific codification and formulation explained here was created during the 19th-century Meiji Restoration in reaction to a perceived moral decay and loss of national identity in the wake of the opening of Japan to western influences.

Source: Pillars of Moral Character

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