debase

verb [T]

/dɪˈbeɪs/

Definition

› to reduce the quality or value of something: Some argue that money has debased football. Our world view has become debased. We no longer have a sense of the sacred.Deteriorating and making worse debase the coinage/currency › to lower the value of a coin by making it from a less valuable metalValue and price decreases debasement

/-mənt/ noun [U] Deteriorating and making worse

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