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Definition of degradation noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

degradation

noun

NAmE//ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃn//

[uncountable]

1a situation in which someone has lost all self-respect and the respect of other people the degradation of being sent to prison

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2(technology) the process of something being damaged or made worse environmental degradation

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