noun Date: circa 1535 the act or process of degrading, 2. decline to a low, destitute, or demoralized state, moral or intellectual decadence ; degeneration , degradative adjective
DEGRADATION
Meaning of DEGRADATION in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012