Meaning of debasement | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
   countable, uncountable
2. The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

“There's something ugly and fascinating about reading such intimate tales of debasement and depression and failure and self-doubt.”

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