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Pronunciation:
[ dɪɡɹɐdˈe͡ɪʃən], [ dɪɡɹɐdˈeɪʃən], [ d_ɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ɐ_d_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Degradation refers to the process of declining in quality, status or value. There are several synonyms for the word degradation that can be used to express similar meanings. These synonyms include deterioration, decline, erosion, decay, impairment, corruption, downfall, declension, and decadence. All these words are used to describe the process of something becoming worse or decreasing in quality over time. They can be used interchangeably in different contexts and scenarios to convey the same meaning as degradation. For instance, you could say "the constant exposure to harsh weather conditions led to the deterioration of the building's structural integrity" or "the company's corruption led to its downfall".
Related words: degradation of forests, deforestation, forest degradation, forest degradation and loss, forest degradation map, deforestation rate, deforestation and climate change
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Similar words for degradation:
- act (noun)
- corruption (noun)
- decadence (noun)
- demotion (noun)
- deposition (noun)
- depravity (noun)
- descent (noun)
- deterioration (noun)
- dishonor (noun)
- disparagement (noun)
- fall (noun)
- humiliation (noun)
- ill repute (noun)
- improbity (noun)
- misuse (noun)
- mortification (noun)
- penitence (noun)
- reduction (noun)
- shame (noun)
- turpitude (noun)
- violation (noun)
Synonyms for Degradation:
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n.
• act • corruption • decadence • demotion • deposition- de position ,
- de positions ,
- de-position ,
- de-positions ,
- dis charge ,
- dis charges ,
- dis missal ,
- dis missals ,
- dis placement ,
- dis placements ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-missal ,
- dis-missals ,
- dis-placement ,
- dis-placements ,
- over throw ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throws ,
- un frocking ,
- un-frocking ,
- unfrockings .
- dis courtesies ,
- dis courtesy ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-courtesies ,
- dis-courtesy ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honors ,
- in dignities ,
- in dignity ,
- in-dignities ,
- in-dignity ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-rages .
- backstabbings ,
- de rogation ,
- de rogations ,
- de-rogation ,
- de-rogations ,
- under estimation ,
- under estimations ,
- under-estimation ,
- under-estimations .
- loss face ,
- mental pains ,
- self abasement ,
- self abasements ,
- self-abasements ,
- selfabasement ,
- selfabasements ,
- sub mission ,
- sub missions ,
- sub-mission ,
- sub-missions ,
- touche .
- remorsefulness ,
- ruefulness ,
- self-castigation ,
- self-condemnation ,
- self-flagellation ,
- self-punishment ,
- self-reproach .
- dis counts ,
- dis-counts ,
- re bate ,
- re bates ,
- re-bate ,
- sub dual ,
- sub duals ,
- sub traction ,
- sub tractions ,
- sub-dual ,
- sub-duals ,
- sub-traction ,
- sub-tractions ,
- subduals .
Other synonyms:
- hang up .
Other relevant words:
- abhorrence ,
- abide by ,
- abomination ,
- acclivity ,
- accrue ,
- acquire ,
- acquit ,
- add together ,
- add up ,
- adhd ,
- adjournment ,
- advance ,
- andiron ,
- annihilation ,
- answer ,
- anxious ,
- append ,
- arc ,
- arise ,
- arrested development ,
- article of clothing ,
- ascend ,
- ascending ,
- ascension ,
- ascent ,
- asperse ,
- aspersion ,
- assault ,
- assoil ,
- assume ,
- astuteness ,
- atomisation ,
- atrocity ,
- attaint ,
- attention deficit disorder ,
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,
- attenuation ,
- autumn ,
- bacchanal ,
- bacchanalia ,
- backsliding ,
- bad ,
- bad temper ,
- bang ,
- bankrupt ,
- bankruptcy ,
- barbarity ,
- barbarousness ,
- baring ,
- bash ,
- bead ,
- bear ,
- befooling ,
- befoulment ,
- begrimed ,
- belittling ,
- belt ,
- berth ,
- besmirch ,
- bestow ,
- binge ,
- blackguard ,
- blank out ,
- blasphemy ,
- block ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- blot ,
- blow ,
- blunder ,
- blur ,
- boob ,
- boost ,
- boring ,
- bounder ,
- bout ,
- brand ,
- brazenness ,
- break ,
- break down ,
- break up ,
- bring ,
- bring down ,
- bring home the bacon ,
- broke ,
- brutality ,
- bulge ,
- buncombe ,
- bunk ,
- bunkum ,
- burst ,
- bury ,
- cad ,
- calumniate ,
- capitulation ,
- case ,
- cast ,
- cast off ,
- cave in ,
- celestial latitude ,
- censure ,
- chagrin ,
- chance ,
- chase ,
- chase after ,
- cheapen ,
- chemical compound ,
- chemical decomposition reaction ,
- chemise ,
- chicane ,
- clapperclaw ,
- clay sculpture ,
- clear ,
- click ,
- cliff ,
- climb ,
- climb up ,
- clinical depression ,
- closeness ,
- closure ,
- clothing ,
- cloud ,
- coarseness ,
- colonial ,
- combine ,
- come ,
- come down ,
- come through ,
- come up ,
- commonness ,
- complete ,
- compunction ,
- concave shape ,
- concaveness ,
- condemnation ,
- condescension ,
- conquering ,
- conquest ,
- contaminant ,
- contaminating ,
- contemn ,
- contortion ,
- contribute ,
- contumely ,
- contuse ,
- contusion ,
- conveyance ,
- correct ,
- corrode ,
- corroding ,
- corrupt ,
- cost increase ,
- coventry ,
- crack ,
- crack up ,
- crack-up ,
- crash ,
- crepuscle ,
- crepuscule ,
- criminalism ,
- criminalness ,
- criticise ,
- criticize ,
- crock up ,
- crud ,
- crumble ,
- crumple ,
- cum ,
- cut down ,
- cutting ,
- cutting out ,
- cytosmear ,
- dangle ,
- dapperness ,
- dark ,
- darkness ,
- daub ,
- death ,
- debauch ,
- dec ,
- declaration ,
- decline in quality ,
- declivitous ,
- decompose ,
- decomposition reaction ,
- decrement ,
- decrepitude ,
- deduction ,
- deepen ,
- deepness ,
- deface ,
- defame ,
- defect ,
- defection ,
- deference ,
- defile ,
- deflower ,
- degenerate ,
- dejectedness ,
- delegating ,
- delegation ,
- deliver the goods ,
- demean ,
- demeaning ,
- demise ,
- demolition ,
- demote ,
- denigrate ,
- denudation ,
- department of transportation ,
- deport ,
- deportee ,
- deposit ,
- deprecation ,
- depressive disorder ,
- deputation ,
- derangement ,
- derision ,
- derivation ,
- descend ,
- desert ,
- desertion ,
- desolate ,
- desolation ,
- despicability ,
- despise ,
- despite ,
- despoilation ,
- despoilment ,
- despoliation ,
- destroy ,
- detachment ,
- detent ,
- deteriorate ,
- determine ,
- detestation ,
- develop ,
- devilment ,
- devolve ,
- devolvement ,
- diarrhoea ,
- dilapidate ,
- dim ,
- diminish ,
- dingy ,
- dip ,
- dirt ,
- dirty word ,
- disability ,
- disadvantage ,
- disapproval ,
- disarrangement ,
- disbelieve ,
- discoloration ,
- discolouration ,
- disconnectedness ,
- disconnection ,
- discourtesy ,
- disfigure ,
- disgracefulness ,
- dishonesty ,
- disintegrate ,
- disjuncture ,
- dislike ,
- dislocate ,
- dislocation ,
- dislodge ,
- dismiss ,
- dismission ,
- disorganisation ,
- dispatch ,
- dispiritedness ,
- dispraise ,
- dissolving ,
- distastefulness ,
- distortion ,
- dive ,
- dog house ,
- dog-iron ,
- domestic dog ,
- dominate ,
- don ,
- dot ,
- dousing ,
- downheartedness ,
- downslope ,
- downswing ,
- downward-sloping ,
- draw a blank ,
- dribble ,
- driblet ,
- drip ,
- drop away ,
- drop cloth ,
- drop curtain ,
- drop down ,
- drop off ,
- drop the ball ,
- drop-off ,
- dropping ,
- drunken revelry ,
- duck hunting ,
- dull ,
- dusk ,
- earn ,
- eat ,
- eating away ,
- ebb away ,
- ebb down ,
- ebb off ,
- ebb out ,
- economic crisis ,
- ejaculate ,
- eject ,
- ejection ,
- elaborateness ,
- elaboration ,
- elapse ,
- electric arc ,
- electric discharge ,
- elision ,
- eluding ,
- elusion ,
- emanation ,
- emigration ,
- emission ,
- empty ,
- encounter ,
- encroachment ,
- end ,
- endure ,
- enfolding ,
- engagement ,
- entrancement ,
- equipment casualty ,
- equipment failure ,
- eroding ,
- err ,
- esteem ,
- evenfall ,
- evildoing ,
- evilness ,
- exacerbation ,
- exasperate ,
- exasperation ,
- exception ,
- excision ,
- excrescence ,
- exculpate ,
- execration ,
- exhaust ,
- exiguity ,
- exonerate ,
- expatriate ,
- expel ,
- expelling ,
- expend ,
- expo ,
- exponentiation ,
- exposition ,
- expulsion ,
- extirpation ,
- extraction ,
- extravagance ,
- extrusion ,
- fag ,
- fag out ,
- fall apart ,
- fall away ,
- fall back ,
- fall down ,
- fall in ,
- fall off ,
- falloff ,
- falseness ,
- fare ,
- fatigue ,
- faux pas ,
- fell ,
- female chest ,
- ferociousness ,
- fertility ,
- filiation ,
- filthiness ,
- find ,
- fire ,
- firedog ,
- firing ,
- firing off ,
- firmness ,
- firmness of purpose ,
- fixation ,
- fizzle ,
- flatten ,
- flaw ,
- flimsiness ,
- flop ,
- flow ,
- flunk ,
- forge ,
- form ,
- forsake ,
- forsaking ,
- founder ,
- fragmentation ,
- frailty ,
- frank ,
- frankfurter ,
- free ,
- free fall ,
- freeze off ,
- frump ,
- frustration ,
- gaffe ,
- gain ,
- gain ground ,
- gangrene ,
- garner ,
- gaucherie ,
- germ ,
- get ahead ,
- get into ,
- get the better of ,
- get up ,
- gibbosity ,
- gibbousness ,
- give ,
- give chase ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- glide by ,
- gloaming ,
- go after ,
- go along ,
- go by ,
- go down ,
- go off ,
- go up ,
- goof ,
- grease ,
- great depression ,
- grime ,
- grimy ,
- grogginess ,
- grow ,
- grunge ,
- grungy ,
- guff ,
- guile ,
- gula ,
- guy ,
- handicap ,
- hang ,
- happen ,
- harlotry ,
- harm ,
- hash over ,
- hatchet job ,
- hatefulness ,
- have on ,
- heavy ,
- heel ,
- heighten ,
- hike ,
- ho-hum ,
- hogwash ,
- hold out ,
- honor ,
- honour ,
- hot dog ,
- hotdog ,
- hound ,
- humble ,
- humiliate ,
- humiliating ,
- hump ,
- hurt ,
- husking ,
- hyperkinetic syndrome ,
- ill-treat ,
- ill-usage ,
- immersion ,
- impart ,
- impoverishment ,
- impression ,
- imprint ,
- inappropriateness ,
- incoherency ,
- incontinence ,
- incurvation ,
- incurvature ,
- infantile fixation ,
- infect ,
- influence ,
- infraction ,
- infringement ,
- injure ,
- injustice ,
- insincerity ,
- insult ,
- intensify ,
- intricacy ,
- intrusion ,
- involvement ,
- irregularity ,
- irreverence ,
- irritation ,
- jade ,
- jauntiness ,
- jest at ,
- judgment of dismissal ,
- jump ,
- jut ,
- kennel ,
- kick downstairs ,
- kill ,
- knock off ,
- knocking ,
- lapsing ,
- laugh at ,
- lawlessness ,
- laying waste ,
- leanness ,
- leave ,
- leave out ,
- leg ,
- legal injury ,
- lend ,
- lessen ,
- letting down ,
- liberation ,
- licentiousness ,
- licking ,
- lift ,
- light ,
- line ,
- line of descent ,
- lineage ,
- loathing ,
- loathsomeness ,
- looseness of the bowels ,
- loser ,
- loss ,
- lousiness ,
- low ,
- low status ,
- low-spiritedness ,
- luxate ,
- maculate ,
- make fun ,
- make headway ,
- malefic ,
- malevolent ,
- malicious gossip ,
- malign ,
- malignment ,
- malodorousness ,
- maltreat ,
- manginess ,
- mar ,
- mark ,
- mbd ,
- meagerness ,
- meagreness ,
- minginess ,
- minify ,
- minimal brain damage ,
- minimal brain dysfunction ,
- minus ,
- misapply ,
- mischief ,
- mischief-making ,
- mischievousness ,
- miscue ,
- misdemeanor ,
- misdemeanour ,
- misery ,
- miss ,
- mistake ,
- mistreat ,
- model ,
- modeling ,
- molder ,
- molding ,
- moldy ,
- moorage ,
- mooring ,
- mortify ,
- mortifying ,
- moulding ,
- mount ,
- move up ,
- muster out ,
- musty ,
- nail ,
- nail down ,
- nastiness ,
- nattiness ,
- natural depression ,
- naughtiness ,
- necrosis ,
- neglect ,
- niggardliness ,
- nightfall ,
- nog ,
- nonstarter ,
- nose dive ,
- oarlock ,
- obedience ,
- objectionableness ,
- obscenity ,
- observe ,
- occult ,
- occultation ,
- offend ,
- offensiveness ,
- oiliness ,
- oleaginousness ,
- omit ,
- open ,
- oppression ,
- orgy ,
- origin ,
- originate ,
- out-migration ,
- outpouring ,
- outrage ,
- outrageousness ,
- outwear ,
- overcome ,
- overeating ,
- overleap ,
- overlook ,
- overplus ,
- override ,
- overrule ,
- overshadow ,
- oversight ,
- overturn ,
- oxidisation ,
- parapraxis ,
- parentage ,
- parsimoniousness ,
- parsimony ,
- participation ,
- partitioning ,
- pass ,
- pass up ,
- patronage ,
- pawl ,
- pearl ,
- pedigree ,
- peg down ,
- pegleg ,
- penance ,
- pervert ,
- petty criticism ,
- pick apart ,
- pillow slip ,
- pillowcase ,
- pin ,
- ping ,
- pink ,
- pink slip ,
- pity ,
- play ,
- plethora ,
- poke fun ,
- pooh-pooh ,
- poverty ,
- prankishness ,
- precipitate ,
- precipitation ,
- pretermit ,
- price ,
- prise ,
- privation ,
- prize ,
- procession ,
- prodigality ,
- profits ,
- profoundness ,
- profundity ,
- prolificacy ,
- prominence ,
- proscription ,
- prostration ,
- protrusion ,
- protuberance ,
- prove ,
- provocation ,
- pull ahead ,
- puncture ,
- puniness ,
- put down ,
- put on ,
- putrefaction ,
- putrescence ,
- putridness ,
- radioactive decay ,
- raid ,
- raise ,
- rap ,
- rape ,
- raunchy ,
- ravaging ,
- ravish ,
- rear ,
- reasoning backward ,
- rebel ,
- recidivate ,
- reducing ,
- reflux ,
- refuse ,
- regard ,
- regression toward the mean ,
- regret ,
- regrets ,
- regulate ,
- rehash ,
- reject ,
- relapse ,
- relapsing ,
- release ,
- relegate ,
- relegating ,
- remorse ,
- repentance ,
- repulsiveness ,
- resoluteness ,
- resolve ,
- resolving ,
- resolving power ,
- respectfulness ,
- result ,
- resurrect ,
- retral ,
- retreat ,
- retrogressive ,
- retroversion ,
- retrovert ,
- return ,
- reverse ,
- reversion ,
- revert ,
- reverting ,
- revilement ,
- rib ,
- richness ,
- riddance ,
- riot ,
- rise up ,
- rising ,
- rising slope ,
- roast ,
- rowlock ,
- rue ,
- ruining ,
- run ,
- rupture ,
- rust fungus ,
- rust-brown ,
- rusting ,
- rusty ,
- sack ,
- sacking ,
- salary increase ,
- saturnalia ,
- savagery ,
- scantiness ,
- scantness ,
- scathe ,
- scorn ,
- scrawniness ,
- seeded player ,
- seediness ,
- self-accusation ,
- self-gratification ,
- self-hatred ,
- self-mortification ,
- semen ,
- semiconsciousness ,
- seminal fluid ,
- send away ,
- send packing ,
- sensualism ,
- sensualness ,
- separation ,
- set down ,
- settle ,
- settlement ,
- severeness ,
- severity ,
- sexual perversion ,
- shake off ,
- shamefulness ,
- shape ,
- shed ,
- sheepishness ,
- shenanigan ,
- shift ,
- shiftiness ,
- shimmy ,
- shine ,
- shipping ,
- shoot down ,
- shout ,
- sideslip ,
- simple regression ,
- simplification ,
- sine ,
- sink ,
- sinking feeling ,
- sinning ,
- skank ,
- skeleton ,
- skeleton in the closet ,
- skid ,
- skint ,
- slack ,
- slander ,
- slew ,
- slick ,
- slickness ,
- slide ,
- slide by ,
- slide down ,
- slightness ,
- sliminess ,
- slip away ,
- slip by ,
- slip of paper ,
- slip one's mind ,
- slip-up ,
- slipperiness ,
- slouch ,
- slow ,
- slue ,
- smarm ,
- smarminess ,
- smash ,
- smirch ,
- smudge ,
- smut ,
- smutch ,
- snap ,
- sneak ,
- soil ,
- solecism ,
- solution ,
- solvent ,
- solving ,
- sorriness ,
- sorrow ,
- source ,
- sow ,
- spark ,
- spend ,
- sphacelus ,
- spill ,
- spite ,
- splay ,
- spoil ,
- spoilation ,
- spoiling ,
- spot ,
- spring up ,
- spurn ,
- squalidness ,
- squelch ,
- squelcher ,
- stamp ,
- stand up ,
- statistical regression ,
- steal ,
- stemma ,
- step ,
- step-down ,
- stick ,
- stinkiness ,
- stock ,
- stone-broke ,
- stony-broke ,
- strike ,
- strike down ,
- strike hard ,
- strip ,
- stupor ,
- submerging ,
- submersion ,
- subversive activity ,
- subvert ,
- succeed ,
- sullen ,
- sully ,
- sum ,
- sum up ,
- summate ,
- superfluity ,
- supply ,
- surface ,
- surrender ,
- swelling ,
- swing ,
- tag ,
- tail ,
- take down ,
- takedown ,
- tally ,
- tap ,
- tarnish ,
- tear ,
- teddy ,
- tedious ,
- terms ,
- thole ,
- tholepin ,
- threatening ,
- throw ,
- throw away ,
- throw off ,
- tightfistedness ,
- tightness ,
- tire ,
- tire out ,
- tiresome ,
- tot ,
- tot up ,
- total ,
- tote up ,
- track ,
- traducement ,
- trail ,
- transfer ,
- transferral ,
- transgress ,
- transit ,
- transport ,
- transportation system ,
- trashiness ,
- trespass ,
- trickery ,
- trickiness ,
- trip ,
- triviality ,
- tumble ,
- turn back ,
- turn down ,
- turn out ,
- twilight ,
- ugliness ,
- unconstraint ,
- uncovering ,
- unction ,
- unctuousness ,
- underestimate ,
- underrating ,
- underreckoning ,
- unfairness ,
- unfastening ,
- unintelligibility ,
- unload ,
- unsuccessful person ,
- untying ,
- upbraid ,
- upgrade ,
- uprise ,
- upset ,
- usurpation ,
- vacate ,
- value ,
- vector decomposition ,
- venting ,
- vesture ,
- via media ,
- vicious ,
- violate ,
- vote down ,
- vote out ,
- vulgarism ,
- vulgarity ,
- wage hike ,
- wage increase ,
- waiver ,
- want ,
- wantonness ,
- waste ,
- wastefulness ,
- waterfall ,
- wax ,
- weakness ,
- wear down ,
- wear off ,
- wear out ,
- wear thin ,
- wear upon ,
- wearable ,
- wearing ,
- wearing away ,
- wearisome ,
- weary ,
- weenie ,
- whack ,
- whang ,
- whoredom ,
- wiener ,
- wienerwurst ,
- wildness ,
- wile ,
- winnings ,
- wipeout ,
- wooden leg ,
- work ,
- worsen ,
- wound ,
- wrecking ,
- wrong ,
- yield .
- Abjectness ,
- Abominableness ,
- Beggarliness ,
- Biodegradation ,
- Blackballing ,
- Calumniation ,
- Contemptibleness ,
- Crumbling ,
- Decaying ,
- Dedecoration ,
- Defiling ,
- Degenerateness ,
- Depluming ,
- Depravation ,
- Depravedness ,
- Depravement ,
- Desecrating ,
- Detrusion ,
- Disfellowship ,
- Displuming ,
- Execrableness ,
- Ignobility ,
- Improbity ,
- Infamousness ,
- Ingloriousness ,
- KNavishness ,
- Libertinage ,
- Libertinism ,
- Miserableness ,
- Monstrousness ,
- Outlawing ,
- Penitency ,
- Profaning ,
- Reprobacy ,
- Retrocession ,
- Retrogradation ,
- Scabbiness ,
- Scoundrelism ,
- Scurviness ,
- Seducing ,
- Shaming ,
- Sullying ,
- Violating ,
- Vitiating ,
- abandon ,
- abandonment ,
- abasement ,
- abjection ,
- ablation ,
- adulteration ,
- ancestry ,
- animalization ,
- atomization ,
- atrociousness ,
- backslide ,
- bad name ,
- bad odor ,
- bad repute ,
- badness ,
- banishment ,
- barbarization ,
- baseness ,
- bastardization ,
- belittlement ,
- besmirchment ,
- biodegradability ,
- blemish ,
- breakdown ,
- breakup ,
- brutalization ,
- bump ,
- bust ,
- calumny ,
- casting down ,
- chicanery ,
- collapse ,
- comedown ,
- concavity ,
- contempt ,
- contemptibility ,
- corrosion ,
- corrupting ,
- corruption ,
- corruptness ,
- crumminess ,
- damage ,
- de-escalation ,
- deadening ,
- debasing ,
- decadence ,
- decadency ,
- declension ,
- declination ,
- decline ,
- declivity ,
- decomposition ,
- decrease ,
- defamation ,
- defeat ,
- defilement ,
- defloration ,
- deflowering ,
- deformation ,
- defrocking ,
- degeneracy ,
- degradability ,
- degrading ,
- demoralization ,
- denigration ,
- deportation ,
- deposition ,
- depreciation ,
- depression ,
- deprivation ,
- derogation ,
- despicableness ,
- destruction ,
- deterioration ,
- dethronement ,
- detraction ,
- devaluation ,
- devastation ,
- devilry ,
- deviltry ,
- devolution ,
- dilapidation ,
- diminution ,
- disablement ,
- disapprobation ,
- disbarment ,
- discredit ,
- disdain ,
- disesteem ,
- disfavor ,
- disfavour ,
- disgrading ,
- dishonour ,
- dishonouring ,
- disintegration ,
- disjunction ,
- dismissal ,
- disorganization ,
- disparagement ,
- disrepair ,
- disrepute ,
- disrespect ,
- dissipatedness ,
- dissipation ,
- dissoluteness ,
- dissolution ,
- downfall ,
- downgrade ,
- downgrading ,
- downtrend ,
- downturn ,
- drop ,
- ducking ,
- dying ,
- ebb ,
- ebbing ,
- effeteness ,
- enormity ,
- erosion ,
- evil-doing ,
- exclusion ,
- excommunication ,
- exile ,
- expatriation ,
- extradition ,
- fading ,
- failing ,
- failure ,
- falling ,
- falling off ,
- filth ,
- flagitiousness ,
- foulness ,
- fulsomeness ,
- grossness ,
- heinousness ,
- hollowness ,
- humbling ,
- humiliation ,
- ignominiousness ,
- ignominy ,
- immorality ,
- impairment ,
- incoherence ,
- infamy ,
- iniquity ,
- involution ,
- knavery ,
- littleness ,
- loss of face ,
- loss of honor ,
- lowering ,
- lowness ,
- masochism ,
- mildew ,
- mold ,
- moral turpitude ,
- mould ,
- moulder ,
- mouldy ,
- nefariousness ,
- nosedive ,
- obloquy ,
- obnoxiousness ,
- odiousness ,
- odium ,
- opprobrium ,
- ostracism ,
- ostracization ,
- outlawry ,
- overthrow ,
- oxidation ,
- oxidization ,
- paltriness ,
- penitence ,
- pervertedness ,
- pettiness ,
- plummeting ,
- pokiness ,
- pollution ,
- poorness ,
- profanation ,
- profligacy ,
- prostitution ,
- rankness ,
- rascality ,
- rascalry ,
- ravages of time ,
- regress ,
- relegation ,
- resolution ,
- retrogression ,
- ridicule ,
- roguery ,
- roguishness ,
- rottenness ,
- ruin ,
- ruination ,
- rust ,
- rustication ,
- sacrilege ,
- scandal ,
- scrubbiness ,
- seduction ,
- shabbiness ,
- shoddiness ,
- sin ,
- sinfulness ,
- sinking ,
- slippage ,
- slump ,
- slur ,
- smallness ,
- smear ,
- spoilage ,
- squalor ,
- stain ,
- stigma ,
- stripping ,
- submergence ,
- taint ,
- transgression ,
- transportation ,
- turpitude ,
- undoing ,
- unfrocking ,
- unseating ,
- venality ,
- vice ,
- viciousness ,
- vileness ,
- vilification ,
- villainousness ,
- villainy ,
- vitiation ,
- wane ,
- waning ,
- wear ,
- wear and tear ,
- wickedness ,
- worsening ,
- wretchedness .
- Churlishness ,
- Lubricity ,
- Subdual ,
- beastliness ,
- criminalities ,
- criminality ,
- debasement ,
- depravations ,
- downgradings ,
- falls ,
- ill repute ,
- ill temper ,
- ill-repute ,
- ill-temper ,
- impeachment ,
- impeachments ,
- looseness ,
- lowerings ,
- lubricities ,
- markdown ,
- mental pain ,
- miserliness ,
- mistreatment ,
- put-down ,
- putdown ,
- ravishment ,
- self-abasement ,
- shamelessness ,
- smallmindedness ,
- sordidness ,
- spoliation ,
- spoliations ,
- stinginess ,
- subjection ,
- subjugation ,
- subjugations ,
- subtraction ,
- underestimation ,
- underestimations ,
- unkindness ,
- unscrupulousness ,
- unworthiness ,
- violation .
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How to use "Degradation" in context?
Degradation is a process in which something changes from one state to another, usually with a loss of quality. In the physical world, degradation can occur due to exposure to air, light, or other natural agents. In the natural world, degradation is a part of the cycling of matter and energy.
Paraphrases for Degradation:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
deterioration.
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Noun, singular or mass
deterioration.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
gradation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
impairment.
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Noun, singular or mass
degeneration, humiliation, Biodegradation.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
decline, declines, deteriorates.
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Noun, singular or mass
contamination, decline, decomposition, deconstruction, decrease, defacement, degenerative, demolition, depletion, depreciation, deprivation, destruction, disintegration, disrepair, disruption, dissipation, downgrade, downturn, erosion, escalation, impairment, loss, lowering, pauperisation, pauperization, pollution, recession, reduction, regression, spoilage, weakening, Weathering, biodegradability, degradability.
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Verb, past tense
worsened.
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Verb, past participle
damaged, destroyed, eroded, worsened, downgraded.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
aggravation, decay, deforestation, devastation, exacerbation, impoverishment, downgrading.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Degradation:
Hyponym for Degradation:
n.
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act
change of state.
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act
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home and dry
- Synonyms:
- certain.
