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Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Decadence is a luxurious self-indulgence. It is often used to describe a decline due to an erosion of moral, ethical, or sexual traditions.
1 An example of decadence is a dessert bar with hundreds of choices of chocolate desserts.  An example of decadence is the Decadent movement in the late 19th century when artists and writers such as Oscar Wilde moved away from the Romantic ethical view to a more dishonest behavior reflecting a decline in moral behavior.