Definition of gradation

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Gradation (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes..

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Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..
Gradualness :: Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Baseness :: Baseness (n.) The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.
Theatre :: Theatre (n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement..
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..
Epiploce :: Epiploce (n.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them..
Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
Stump :: Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder..
Scale :: Scale (n.) Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being..
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