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Noun: degradation  `degru'deyshun
  1. Changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
    - debasement
     
  2. A low or downcast state
    - abasement, abjection

Derived forms: degradations

See also: degrade

Type of: change of state, humiliation

Encyclopedia: Degradation

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