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Gradation :: 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..

Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) 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, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop..

Abjection :: Abjection (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement..

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..

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..

Self-degradation :: Self-degradation (n.) The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded..

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..

Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..

Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.

Gradualness :: Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.

Fine :: Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually..

Drawplate :: Drawplate (n.) A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated..

Remove :: Remove (n.) The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year..

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..

Gradatory :: Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual..

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