dégradation

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) removal from office or a function
 * 2) loss of certain civil or other rights as a punishment
 * 3) loss of rank and dishonourable discharge from the army as a punishment
 * 4) the act of causing degradation or damage
 * 5) the act or result of weakening or diminishing
 * 6) degradation, steady progression to a worse state
 * 7) loss of value