Definitions for degradation

degradation deg·ra·da·tion

Spelling: [deg-ruh-dey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌdɛg rəˈdeɪ ʃən/

Degradation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 1023 anagrams from letters in degradation (aaddeginort).

Definitions for degradation

noun

  1. the act of degrading.
  2. the state of being degraded.
  3. Physical Geography. the wearing down of the land by the erosive action of water, wind, or ice.
  4. Chemistry. the breakdown of an organic compound.

Origin of degradation

1525-35; Late Latin dēgradātiōn- (stem of dēgradātiō), equivalent to dēgradāt(us) (past participle of dēgradāre to degrade) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for degradation

It was blasphemy to think of her in such case, subjected to the degradation of these processes.

She contrasted them with his own weakness and supineness and degradation.

The legacy of the degradation of bodies in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region is historical.

So it is with Just Send Me Word, a heroic love story amid the squalor and degradation of the Gulag.

From the symbol of her degradation, she looked to the man whose action had placed it there.

There are always examples of degradation, but there are very few examples of ecosystems left that are that pristine.

And this of course raises the specter of Republican lies that make their own contribution to the degradation of public discourse.

She had very honourable alliances, and yet she has thought it no degradation to be governess to Madame de Pompadour's daughter.

“Since this past November, you have seen the slow and steady drumbeat of degradation,” Steele says.

He was right at the bottom now, in the last state of degradation.

Word Value for degradation
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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