Meanings
- rareuncountableDegradation.
[…]places of degradement and potential abandonment, such as uranium mines.
2023, Rebecca Lawrence, “Rehabilitating Ranger uranium mine: scientific uncertainty, deep futures and the production of ignorance”, in The Politics of 21st Century Environmental Disasters - rareuncountableRemoval or lowering of a person's rank or office.
threw away those episcopal ornaments wherein they were installed, as foolish and detestable; for so the words of Ridley at his degradement
1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLCSynonyms: demotion
- rareuncountableDegrading behaviour; insults or disrespect.
In Re Canada Post Corp. and C.U.P.W (Keith Jaworski), (Norman, unreported, March 19, 1984) a letter suspended the grievor "as a result of your actions of continual harassment and degradement of a fellow employee".
a. 1998, Labour Arbitration Cases, Central Ontario Industrial Relations Institute, page 283
Synonyms & antonyms
nounRemoval or lowering of a person's rank or office.
Origin
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degradement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degradement
“degradement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degradement. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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