degradation
nounfeminine/dɨɡɾɐðɐˈsɐ̃w̃/medium
de·gra·da·ção
Definition
The process of degrading or being degraded; deterioration, decline, humiliation.
Soil degradation is affecting agricultural yields.
The film depicted the degradation of the character.
Common collocations
environmental degradationsocial degradationmoral degradationstate of degradation
Etymology
Do latim 'degradatio, -onis'.