Degradation(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.
Degradation(n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
Degradation(n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
Degradation(n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
Degradation(n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Degradation(n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
Degrade(v. i.) To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera.
Degrade(v. t.) To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer.
Degrade(v. t.) To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man.
Degrade(v. t.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
Degraded(a.) Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base.
Degraded(a.) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
Degraded(a.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.
Degraded(imp. & p. p.) of Degrade
Degradement(n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Degrading(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degrade
Degradingly(adv.) In a degrading manner.
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