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n degradation In organic chemistry, the resolution of the molecule of a compound into other substances of smaller molecular weight.n degradation In heraldry, same as abatement.n degradation In botany, a change consisting of abstraction, loss, abortion, or non-development of usual organs.n degradation In biology, abortive structural development retrograde metamorphosis, such as that witnessed in many parasites as a result of their parasitism.n degradation In geology, the reduction or wearing down of higher lands, rocks, strata, etc., by the action of water or other causes.n degradation In painting, a lessening and obscuring of distant objects in a landscape, to give the effect of distance.

n degradation Diminution or reduction, as of strength, value, altitude, or magnitude.

n degradation The act of sinking to a lower level in space.

n degradation The state of being reduced from a higher to a lower grade of power, character, or estimation degeneracy debasement.

In the early church the culprit was degraded by removal from a higher to a lower grade of office.

Degradation is now resorted to only in extreme cases. He remains, however, a priest, and can in special emergencies consecrate and administer the sacraments. By the solemn or real degradation he is with great ceremony stripped of his ecclesiastical vestments and ornaments and publicly reproached by the bishop, deprived of his orders and benefices as in simple degradation, and of his various privileges. By the simple or verbal degradation the accused is deprived of all his orders and benefices. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes two methods of degradation. Specifically- In eccles, law, the act of depriving an ecclesiastic of his orders or privileges, or of both.

n degradation A reducing in rank the act of depriving one of a degree of honor, of dignity, or of rank deposition, removal, or dismissal from rank or office: as, the degradation of a general.

"The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties."

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

degradation of a needy man of letters." "Deplorable is the degradation of our nature." "Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state."

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

"He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed." Degradation 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."The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced." Degradation Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value degeneration deterioration.Degradation (Physiol) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.Degradation (Geol) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.Canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women.