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degradation
degradation is a 11-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
- 3noun
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
- 4noun
A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
- 5noun
The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
- 6noun
Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
- 7noun
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
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- 8noun
a low or downcast state- H.L.Menchken
"each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"
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