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debasement
The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
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  1. The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
  2. The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering, especially in character or quality.
depravity
A depraved act or condition.
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  1. A depraved act or condition.
  2. Moral corruption or degradation.
  3. A depraved condition; corruption; wickedness
degeneration
A degenerate condition
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  1. A degenerate condition
  2. (Medicine) Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.
  3. (Med.) Deterioration in structure or function of cells, tissues, or organs, as in disease or aging
dishonor
State of shame; disgrace; ignominy
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  1. State of shame; disgrace; ignominy
  2. The condition of having lost honor or good repute.
  3. A cause of loss of honor:
demotion
An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status
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  1. An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status
reduction
A chemical reaction in which an atom or ion gains electrons, thus undergoing a decrease in valence. If an iron atom having a valence of +3 gains an electron, the valence decreases to +2.
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  1. A chemical reaction in which an atom or ion gains electrons, thus undergoing a decrease in valence. If an iron atom having a valence of +3 gains an electron, the valence decreases to +2.
  2. A reducing or being reduced
  3. The result of reducing:
abasement
The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. [Mid 16th century]
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  1. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. [Mid 16th century]
debasement
The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
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  1. The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
  2. The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering, especially in character or quality.
humiliation
The act of humiliating; degradation.
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  1. The act of humiliating; degradation.
  2. The state of being humiliated or disgraced; shame.
  3. A humiliating condition or circumstance.
mortification
Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially when undertaken for religious reasons.
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  1. Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially when undertaken for religious reasons.
  2. Death or decay of living tissue; gangrene.
  3. A feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride.
Find another word for degradation. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for degradation, like: debasement, depravity, degeneration, dishonor, disgrace, evil, demotion, reduction, abasement, debasement and humiliation.

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  • Similarly William of Paris held that degradation deprived a priest of power to consecrate.

  • After losing his fortune, he became homeless and lived a life of degradation.

  • Being sent to prison was the final degradation.

  • The icicles are prison bars on our windows, trapping us, prisoners to this life of sin and degradation...

  • I am bone-weary of the degradation, of wearing my false coquettish smile, pretending love, until they spill themselves within me.

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