debasement
UK /dɪˈbeɪsmənt/ US /dɪˈbeɪsmənt/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
His large water-dog was acquainted with the fact, and upon the approach of his master, betrayed his sense of inferiority by a sanctity of deportment, a debasement of the ears, and a dropping of the lower jaw not altogether unworthy of a dog.
She had given herself to Darrow, and concealed the episode from Owen Leath, with no more apparent sense of debasement than the vulgarest of adventuresses.
2
The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
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