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degradation definition and meaning

n. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
n. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
n. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
n. A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
n. The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
n. Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.

Crossword clues for degradation

- Abasement
- Adoring date suffers great humiliation
- Debasement
- Decadence
- Depravity
- Dishonour
- Ignored data about squalid state
- Squalid state
- State of squalor