Degradation

Noun

 * 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.
 * 2) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
 * 3) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
 * 4) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
 * 5) A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
 * 6) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
 * 7) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
 * 8) The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.

Adjectives for Degradation
moral; physical; unmerited; hideous; absolute; habitual;  excessive;  concomitant; stunting; deep; present.

Synonyms for Degradation
baseness, meanness, abasement, dishonor, disgrace, debasement, degeneracy, vice, humiliation, decline, removal, dismissal

Antonyms for Degradation
honor, elevation, exaltation, reward, admiration, superiority, ascendancy.

Derived terms

 * biodegradation

Related terms

 * decomposition

Thesaurus
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, de-escalation, debasement, decadence, decadency, decay, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, 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

Translations

 * Bulgarian: понижаване, упадък,  деградация
 * Finnish: heikentyminen


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: alennustila, rappio


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 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: упадък
 * Finnish: rappeutuminen, pilaantuminen


 * Portuguese: degeneração, deterioração


 * Finnish: rappeutuminen, pilaantuminen


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