Definition:
- (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.
Compare degradation with other words:
degradation vs. regression
degradation vs. denigration
degradation vs. dishonor
degradation vs. dissolute
degradation vs. elimination
decadence vs. degradation
content vs. degradation
degradation vs. null
degradation vs. disintegration
degradation vs. ignominy
degradation vs. humiliation
degradation vs. retrogradation
degradation vs. indignity
degradation vs. degraded
degradation vs. degrade
decomposition vs. degradation
degradation vs. deleterious
degradation vs. deterioration
debasement vs. degradation
abasement vs. degradation
degradation vs. disgrace
degeneracy vs. degradation
baseness vs. degradation
degradation vs. diminution
degradation vs. reputation
abasing vs. degradation
character vs. degradation
degradation vs. rank
degeneration vs. degradation
breakdown vs. degradation
bastardization vs. degradation
abjection vs. degradation