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debasement|dɪˈbeɪsmənt|
[f. as prec. + -ment.]
1. The action or process of debasing; the fact or state of being debased; lowering, degradation; concr. anything wherein this is involved.
1602W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 54 If the debasement were before the day of paiment the debtor may pay the det in the coin embased. 1641Milton Reform. ii. (1851) 37 The Primitive Pastors of the Church..avoiding all worldly matters as clogs..and debasements to their high calling. 1776Adam Smith W.N. i. xi. (1868) I. 205 The great debasement of the silver coin, by clipping and wearing. 1835Lytton Rienzi i. viii, I weep for the debasement of my country.
†2. Abasement. Obs.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 32 It is debasement and a punishment to me to inuest and enrobe my selfe in the dregs and drosse of mortality. a1711Ken Man. Prayers Wks. (1838) 388 With what debasement and dread ought I to appear before thy awful presence. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) IV. vii. ii. 102 The history of Henry's debasement. |