- (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.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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