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Noun: degradation  `de-gru'dey-shun
  1. Changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
    - debasement
     
  2. A low or downcast state
    "each confession brought her into an attitude of degradation"
    - abasement, abjection

Derived forms: degradations

See also: degrade

Type of: change of state, humiliation

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