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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating;
[syn: adulteration, debasement]

2. changing to a lower state (a less respected state);
[syn: degradation, debasement]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Debasement \De*base"ment\, n.
   The act of debasing or the state of being debased. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

debasement
    n 1: being mixed with extraneous material; the product of
         adulterating [syn: adulteration, debasement]
    2: changing to a lower state (a less respected state) [syn:
       degradation, debasement]