DEGENERACY Meaning of DEGENERACY in English [de.gen.er.a.cy] n, pl -cies (1664) 1: the state of being degenerate 2: the process of becoming degenerate 3: sexual perversion 4: the coding of an amino acid by more than one codon Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012