'Degradation' definitions:
Definition of 'degradation'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Degradation'
From: GCIDE
- Degradation \Deg`ra*da"tion\, n. [LL. degradatio, from degradare: cf. F. d['e]gradation. See Degrade.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement. [1913 Webster]
- The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Deplorable is the degradation of our nature. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state. --Blair. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. [1913 Webster]
- The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Geol.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Biol.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration. [1913 Webster]
- The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties. --Dana. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Physiol.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. [1913 Webster]
- Degradation of energy, or Dissipation of energy (Physics), the transformation of energy into some form in which it is less available for doing work.
- Syn: Abasement; debasement; reduction; decline. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'degradation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abandonment,
- abasement,
- abjection,
- abjectness,
- ablation,
- abominableness,
- atomization,
- atrociousness,
- banishment,
- baseness,
- beggarliness,
- biodegradability,
- biodegradation,
- blackballing,
- breakup,
- bump,
- bust,
- casting down,
- chicanery,
- comedown,
- concavity,
- contemptibility,
- contemptibleness,
- corrosion,
- corruptedness,
- corruption,
- corruptness,
- crumbling,
- crumminess,
- de-escalation,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- decay,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decomposition,
- deformation,
- defrocking,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradability,
- degrading,
- demoralization,
- demotion,
- depluming,
- deportation,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depravity,
- depreciation,
- depression,
- deprivation,
- derogation,
- descent,
- despicableness,
- deterioration,
- detrusion,
- devolution,
- dilapidation,
- diminution,
- disbarment,
- discredit,
- disfellowship,
- disgrace,
- disgrading,
- dishonor,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- disorganization,
- displuming,
- disrepute,
- dissoluteness,
- dissolution,
- downgrading,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- ducking,
- dying,
- ebb,
- effeteness,
- enormity,
- erosion,
- exclusion,
- excommunication,
- execrableness,
- exile,
- expatriation,
- extradition,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- falling-off,
- foulness,
- fugitation,
- fulsomeness,
- grossness,
- hauling down,
- heinousness,
- hollowness,
- humbling,
- humiliation,
- ignobility,
- ignominiousness,
- ignominy,
- incoherence,
- infamousness,
- infamy,
- ingloriousness,
- involution,
- knavery,
- knavishness,
- lapse,
- littleness,
- loss of honor,
- loss of tone,
- lowering,
- lowness,
- meanness,
- mildew,
- miserableness,
- mold,
- monstrousness,
- moral pollution,
- moral turpitude,
- nefariousness,
- obloquy,
- obnoxiousness,
- odiousness,
- odium,
- opprobrium,
- ostracism,
- ostracization,
- outlawing,
- outlawry,
- oxidation,
- oxidization,
- paltriness,
- pettiness,
- pokiness,
- poorness,
- profligacy,
- rankness,
- rascality,
- rascalry,
- ravages of time,
- reduction,
- regression,
- relegation,
- reprobacy,
- resolution,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- roguery,
- roguishness,
- rottenness,
- rust,
- rustication,
- scabbiness,
- scampishness,
- scoundrelism,
- scrubbiness,
- scruffiness,
- scumminess,
- scurviness,
- shabbiness,
- shame,
- shoddiness,
- sinking,
- slippage,
- slump,
- smallness,
- spoilage,
- squalor,
- stripping,
- stripping of rank,
- submergence,
- thrusting under,
- transportation,
- turpitude,
- unfrocking,
- vileness,
- villainousness,
- villainy,
- vitiation,
- wane,
- wear,
- wear and tear,
- wretchedness