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

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..

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

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.

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..

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

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..

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

Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.

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..

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..

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..

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

Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.

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

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..

Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.

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

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

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