Definition of degrade

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Degrade (v. t.) To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer..

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Derogate :: Derogate (n.) Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.
Abject :: Abject (a.) Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts..
Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.
Unmitre :: Unmitre (v. t.) To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop.
Disennoble :: Disennoble (v. t.) To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.
Voodooism :: Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism..
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Villanize :: Villanize (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.
Undeify :: Undeify (v. t.) To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god.
Disrate :: Disrate (v. t.) To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade.
Deposer :: Deposer (n.) One who deposes or degrades from office.
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Fallen :: Fallen (a.) Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.
Embase :: Embase (v. t.) To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate..
Beast :: Beast (n.) Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow..
Bestialize :: Bestialize (v. t.) To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize..
Lessen :: Lessen (a.) To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune..
Unphilosophize :: Unphilosophize (v. t.) To degrade from the character of a philosopher.
Disbase :: Disbase (v. t.) To debase or degrade.
Unmartyr :: Unmartyr (v. t.) To degrade from the rank of a martyr.
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