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Degradation

Degradation Meaning & Definition
Degradation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Degradation?

[n] changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
[n] a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken

Synonyms | Synonyms for Degradation: abasement | abjection | debasement

Related Terms | Find terms related to Degradation: abandon | abandonment | abasement | abjection | abjectness | ablation | abominableness | atomization | atrociousness | banishment | baseness | beggarliness | biodegradability | biodegradation | blackballing | breakup | bump | bust | casting down | chicanery | comedown | concavity | contemptibility | contemptibleness | corrosion | corruptedness | corruption | corruptness | crumbling | crumminess | debasement | decadence | decadency | decay | declension | declination | decline | decomposition | de-escalation | deformation | defrocking | degeneracy | degenerateness | degeneration | degradability | degrading | demoralization | demotion | depluming | deportation | depravation | depravedness | depravity | depreciation | depression | deprivation | derogation | descent | despicableness | deterioration | detrusion | devolution | dilapidation | diminution | disbarment | discredit | disfellowship | disgrace | disgrading | dishonor | disintegration | disjunction | disorganization | displuming | disrepute | dissoluteness | dissolution | downgrading | downtrend | downturn | downward mobility | downward trend | drop | ducking | dying | ebb | effeteness | enormity | erosion | exclusion | excommunication | execrableness | exile | expatriation | extradition | fading | failing | failure | failure of nerve | fall | falling-off | foulness | fugitation | fulsomeness | grossness | hauling down | heinousness | hollowness | humbling | humiliation | ignobility | ignominiousness | ignominy | incoherence | infamousness | infamy | ingloriousness | involution | knavery | knavishness | lapse | littleness | loss of honor | loss of tone | lowering | lowness | meanness | mildew | miserableness | mold | monstrousness | moral pollution | moral turpitude | nefariousness | obloquy | obnoxiousness | odiousness | odium | opprobrium | ostracism | ostracization | outlawing | outlawry | oxidation | oxidization | paltriness | pettiness | pokiness | poorness | profligacy | rankness | rascality | rascalry | ravages of time | reduction | regression | relegation | reprobacy | resolution | retrocession | retrogradation | retrogression | roguery | roguishness | rottenness | rust | rustication | scabbiness | scampishness | scoundrelism | scrubbiness | scruffiness | scumminess | scurviness | shabbiness | shame | shoddiness | sinking | slippage | slump | smallness | spoilage | squalor | stripping | stripping of rank | submergence | thrusting under | transportation | turpitude | unfrocking | vileness | villainousness | villainy | vitiation | wane | wear | wear and tear | wretchedness

See Also | abasement | animalisation | animalization | barbarisation | barbarization | bastardisation | bastardization | brutalisation | brutalization | change of state | constipation | corruption | deadening | decadence | decadency | degeneracy | degeneration | dehumanisation | dehumanization | demoralisation | demoralization | depth | humiliation | humiliation | impairment | popularisation | popularization | profanation | stultification | subversion | vulgarisation | vulgarization

Degradation In Webster's Dictionary

\Deg`ra*da"tion\, n. [LL. degradatio, from degradare: cf. F. d['e]gradation. See {Degrade}.] 1. 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. He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. --Clarendon. 2. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement. The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters. --Macaulay. Deplorable is the degradation of our nature. --South. Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state. --Blair. 3. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). 4. (Geol.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc. 5. (Biol.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration. The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties. --Dana. 6. (Physiol.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. {Degradation of energy}, or {Dissipation of energy} (Physics), the transformation of energy into some form in which it is less available for doing work. Syn: Abasement; debasement; reduction; decline.

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