English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

1. Detraction; depreciation.
2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
4. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

abandon, abandonment, abjection, comedown, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, demotion, depravedness, depravity, depreciation, derogation, descent, deterioration, devolution, dissoluteness, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dying, ebb, effeteness, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling-off, involution, lapse, loss of tone, moral pollution, moral turpitude, profligacy, regression, reprobacy, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, rottenness, slippage, slump, turpitude, wane