Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Deprivation of rank or office.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Deprivation of rank or office;
degradation .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In his youth Wash Williams had been called the best telegraph operator in the state, and in spite of his degradement to the obscure office at Winesburg, he was still proud of his ability.
Winesburg, Ohio: a Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life 1919
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In his youth Wash Williams had been called the best telegraph operator in the state, and in spite of his degradement to the obscure office at Winesburg, he was still proud of his ability.
Respectability 1919
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In his youth Wash Williams had been called the best telegraph operator in the state, and in spite of his degradement to the obscure office at
Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life Sherwood Anderson 1908
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I love this new trend of white people doing outcries of reverse racism...there may be a good amount fo black people that dont like white people and what not...but none of that shit will come close to slavery in terms of racism, desinigration, and degradement of black people as a race.
Ether: The Stuff That Makes Your Soul Burn Slow Dart Adams 2008
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