Debasement

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Debasement \De*base"ment\, n.
     The act of debasing or the state of being debased. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  debasement
       n 1: being mixed with extraneous material; the product of
            adultering [syn: {adulteration}]
       2: changing to a lower state (a less respected state) [syn: {degradation}]