debasement /dɪˈbeɪsmənt/ noun2 •The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.She had given herself to Darrow, and concealed the episode from Owen Leath, with no more apparent sense of debasement than the vulgarest of adventuresses. — 1912 •The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins. formsdebasements
