Degradation

Quick meaning: Degradation is a noun meaning The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society.

Meaning

The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society.

More Meanings

1. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
2. (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
3. A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
4. The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
5. Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
6. The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
7. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.

Example Sentences

muscle degradation

Overexploitation of land for fuelwood is a further cause of soil degradation in Africa, Asia and South America

There will be no poverty. All work will be done by living machines. Everybody will be free from worry and liberated from the degradation of labor. Everybody will live only to perfect himself.

Money is the great breaker-up of love and friendship; and this is, I believe, the reason of the common saying, that "large families get on best in the world," because they can receive from each other assistance without degradation.

Word Forms

• degradations

Synonyms for degradation

Depending on context, synonyms include abasement, debauchment, depravement, perversion, adulteration, corruption.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include debasement, abjection, abasement, degrade, degraded, devaluation.

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