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Definitions: Debasement |
DebasementNoun1. Being mixed with extraneous material. 2. Changing to a lower state (a less respected state). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "debasement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Synonyms: DebasementSynonyms: adulteration (n), degradation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deterioration | Noun: deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb; recession; retrogradation; decrease. |
Disrepute | Noun: disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation; ingloriousness, derogation; abasement, debasement; abjectness; Adjective: degradation, dedecoration; a long farewell to all my greatness; odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy. |
Improbity | Shabbiness; Adjective: villainy, villany; baseness; Adjective: abjection, debasement, turpitude, moral turpitude, laxity, trimming, shuffling. |
Lowness | Noun: lowness; Adjective: debasement, depression, prostration; (horizontal); depression; (concave). |
Money | Inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency; deflation; stagflation. |
Vice | Immorality, impropriety, indecorum, scandal, laxity, looseness of morals; enphagy, dophagy, exophagy; want of principle, want of ballast; obliquity, backsliding, infamy, demoralization, pravity, depravity, pollution; hardness of heart; brutality; (malevolence); corruption; (debasement); knavery; (improbity); profligacy; flagrancy, atrocity; cannibalism; lesbianism, Sadism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Debasement |
| English words defined with "debasement": afflict ♦ Corruption of blood ♦ smite. (references) |
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. |
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| "Debasement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Debasement" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 45 | 50,900 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "debasement": debasement of the currency. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "debasement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | prishje (abolition, annulment, blasting, breach, breaking, breakup, chasm, collapse, corruption, damage, decay, decomposition, defacement, defeat, defilement, depravation, depravity, deterioration, discord, dissolution, failure, obliteration, quarrel, rancidity, rancidness, rot, split up, spoilage, stymie, taint, vitiation, warp, wrecking), përulje (cringe, humility, indignity, kotow, kowtow, mortification, subservience). (various references) | |
Arabic | المهانة, الغش (sophistication), الذل (abjectness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | унижение (abjection, come down, derogation, humiliation, ignominy, indignity, mortification, prostration), понижаване на качеството, подправяне (adulteration, dressing, manipulation), девалвация (devaluation). (various references) | |
Czech | znehodnocení (depreciation). (various references) | |
Dutch | muntvervalsing (debasement of coinage), besnoeiing (abatement, curtailment, debasement of coinage, retrenchment). (various references) | |
French | dévalorisation (depreciation), ravalement. (various references) | |
German | entwertung (cancellation, demonetization, depreciation, devaluation, invalidation, markdown, mark-down, undermining, validation, write down, write down of bank building, write off). (various references) | |
Greek | υποτίμηση (belittlement, deflation, depreciation, devaluation, disparagement, markdown, mark-down, understatement, write down, write down of bank building, write off), εξευτελισμόσ (abasement, vilification). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lealacsonyítás (abasement, degradation, humiliation), leértékelés (devaluation, write down), devalválás. (various references) | |
Italian | alterazione della moneta (debasement of coinage), adulterazione della moneta (debasement of coinage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 変 (alteration, defacement, falsification, forgery). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | へ"ぞう (alteration, defacement, falsification, forgery). (various references) | |
Manx | trulleeaghey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ebasementday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | depreciação (depreciation, disparagement, markdown, mark-down, write down, write down of bank building, write off), rebaixamento (abasement, breaking down, core drilling, cutting, degradation, depreciation, reduction in proof, trepanning), aviltamento (abasement, degradation, degrade, denudation, snub). (various references) | |
Romanian | devalorizare (depreciation, devalorization, devaluation), depreciere (defacement, demonetization, depreciation, devaluation, disparagement, undervaluing), degradare (abasement, abjection, defacement, degradation, gradation, reduction), înjosire (abasement, humbling, humiliation, mortification). (various references) | |
Russian | унижение (abaissement, abasement, degradation, derogation, humilliation, indignity, mortification), снижение ценности. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | snižavanje vrednosti. (various references) | |
Spanish | humillación (abasement, comedown, derogation, humiliation, mortification). (various references) | |
Swedish | förnedring (abasement, degradation, humiliation, prostration). (various references) | |
Ukranian | зниження якості, приниження (abasement, abjection, climb down, come down, depreciation, detraction, humiliation, mortification, stoop). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự l m xấu đi (defacement, deformation), sự l m mất phẩm cách, sự l m đê tiện sự l m giảm giá trị. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "debasement": debasements. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "debasement" (pronounced dubā"smunt) |
| 7 | -b ā" s m u n t | basement. |
| 6 | -ā" s m u n t | displacement, emplacement, placement, replacement. |
| 5 | -s m u n t | advancement, announcement, assessment, bemusement, commencement, disbursement, embarrassment, endorsement, enforcement, enhancement, enticement, harassment, impressment, inducement, outplacement, pronouncement, reassessment, reimbursement, reinforcement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, battlement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endowment, engagement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-m-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: emendates. | |
-2 letters: absented, absentee, basement, beadsmen, bedesman, bedesmen, bedmates, bemeaned, easement, emendate. | |
-3 letters: basemen, batsmen, beadmen, bedamns, bedeman, bedemen, bedmate, bemeans, benamed, benames, bendees, bestead, debates, demeans, dements, demesne, meanest, seedman, seedmen, standee, steamed, tandems. | |
-4 letters: absent, adeems, amends, aments, anteed, badmen, basted, batmen, beamed, beaned, beaten, bedamn, bemean, bename, bendee, beseem, bested, debase, debate, demast, demean, dement, desman, edemas, embeds, emends, enates, enemas, esteem, mantes, masted, meated, menads, mensae, mensed, mestee, nested, sateen, seabed, seamed, seamen, seated, sedate, seemed, senate, stamen, staned, tandem, teamed, teased, teemed, tensed. | |
-5 letters: abets, adeem, admen, aedes, amend, amens, ament, anted, antes, bands, baned, banes, based, baste, bated, bates, beads, beams, beans, beast, beats, beets, bemas, bends, benes, bents, beset, betas, dames, damns, dates, deans, debts, deems, deets, demes, denes, dense, dents, eased, eaten, edema, embed, emend, enate, enema, etnas, mabes, maned, manes, manse, mated, mates, meads, means, meant, meats, meeds, meets, menad, mends, mensa, mense, menta, mesne, meted, metes, nabes, named, names, nates, neats, needs, neems, nemas, sabed, saned, sated, satem, sedan, semen, sente, setae, stade, stand, stane, stead, steam, steed, tabes, tamed, tames, teams, tease, teems, teens, tends, tense, tsade. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-m-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: debasements, debatements. | |
+2 letters: sedimentable. | |
+3 letters: bedazzlements. | |
+5 letters: nonsedimentable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 62 61 73 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -... .- ... . -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100010 01100001 01110011 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e b a s e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0062 0061 0073 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38716867857179718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Speeches 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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