degradation
noun
[ ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the condition or process of degrading or being degraded.
• "a trail of human misery and degradation"
Similar:
humiliation,
shame,
loss of dignity,
loss of self-respect,
loss of pride,
abasement,
mortification,
indignity,
ignominy,
demeaning,
debasement,
cheapening,
devaluing,
discrediting,
dishonouring,
deterioration,
degeneration,
atrophy,
decay,
wasting away,
breakdown,
• the wearing down of rock by disintegration.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin degradatio(n- ), from the verb degradare (see degrade).
