debasement

Noun

 * 1) The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
 * 2) * 2009, Gilbert Cruz, "The Many Faces of Addiction (Book review of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life by Benoit Denizet-Lewis)," Time, 12 Jan.:
 * There's something ugly and fascinating about reading such intimate tales of debasement and depression and failure and self-doubt.
 * 1) The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
 * There's something ugly and fascinating about reading such intimate tales of debasement and depression and failure and self-doubt.
 * 1) The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

Translations

 * Esperanto: malaltigo
 * French:


 * German: Münzentwertung
 * Spanish: envilecimiento
 * Ukrainian: псува́ння моне́т