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Debasement

The act of debasing or the state of being debased.

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Abasement 76% connected

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

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Animalization 76% connected

The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.

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Brutalization 76% connected

The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.

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Constipation 76% connected

Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

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Corruption 76% connected

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putref…

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Deadening 76% connected

of Deaden

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Demoralization 76% connected

The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being co…

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Humiliation 76% connected

The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.

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Impairment 76% connected

The state of being impaired; injury.

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Popularization 76% connected

The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.

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Profanation 76% connected

The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred;…

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Stultification 76% connected

The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.

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Subversion 76% connected

The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subver…

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Vulgarization 76% connected

The act or process of making vulgar, or common.

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Impureness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.

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Impurity 76% connected

The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.

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Adulterate 74% connected

To defile by adultery.

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Adulterate 74% connected

To defile by adultery.

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Cheapen 74% connected

To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.

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Cheapen 74% connected

To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.

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Adulteration 92% connected

The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.

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Degradation 92% connected

The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, th…

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