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Gradation :: Gradation (v. t.) To form with gradations.

Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..

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..

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

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

Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.

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

Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.

Baseness :: Baseness (n.) The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.

Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type..

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..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement..

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

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.

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..

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..

Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

Fall :: Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire..

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

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