Antonyms for de gradation
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : deg-ruh-dey-shuhn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛg rəˈdeɪ ʃən |
- accomplishment
- achievement
- admiration
- adulation
- approval
- ascension
- ascent
- benevolence
- betterment
- boon
- building
- cleanliness
- cleanness
- climb
- comfort
- commendation
- compliment
- construction
- contentedness
- creation
- credit
- decency
- development
- dignity
- elevation
- employment
- endorsement
- enlargement
- esteem
- exaltation
- exoneration
- fight
- fighting
- flattery
- generosity
- glorification
- good
- goodness
- growth
- happiness
- hiring
- honesty
- honor
- humility
- improvement
- increase
- joy
- justice
- kindness
- love
- meanness
- morality
- nobility
- obedience
- observance
- piety
- praise
- pride
- promotion
- pureness
- purification
- purity
- regard
- resistance
- respect
- retention
- reverence
- rise
- sanction
- satisfaction
- scaling
- shamelessness
- sterility
- success
- triumph
- truthfulness
- upgrade
- uprightness
- virtue
- wholesomeness
- win
- worthiness
Definition of de gradation
Origin :- 1530s, from French dégradation (14c., Old French degradacion), from Medieval Latin degradationem (nominative degradatio), noun of action from past participle stem of degradare (see degrade).
- As in mortification : noun humiliation
- As in opprobrium : noun disgrace
- As in penitence : noun shame, sorrow
- As in shame : noun disgrace, embarrassment
- As in turpitude : noun depravity
- As in violation : noun rape, defilement
- As in debasement : noun perversion
- As in meanness : noun the quality of being mean
- As in reduction : noun decline
- As in demotion : noun a demoting
- As in ill repute : noun disgrace
- As in immorality : noun corruption
- As in improbity : noun corruption
- As in penitency : noun penitence
- As in remorsefulness : noun penitence
- As in corruption : noun baseness
- As in decadence : noun perversion; deterioration of morality
- As in degeneracy : noun corruption
- As in degradation : noun depravity, shame
- As in deposition : noun dethroning, ousting
- As in depravity : noun corruption, immorality
- As in descent : noun deterioration
- As in deterioration : noun decay, degeneration
- As in disgrace : noun state of shame; bad reputation
- As in dishonor : noun state of shame
- As in disparagement : noun strong criticism; detraction
- As in fall : noun defeat, overthrow
- As in abasement : noun disgrace
- As in humiliation : noun embarrassment
Synonyms for de gradation
- abandonment
- abasement
- abashment
- abatement
- abjection
- abuse
- adulteration
- affront
- anguish
- anticlimax
- aspersion
- assault
- atrocity
- atrophy
- attrition
- avarice
- backbiting
- backstabbing
- bad conscience
- bad name
- bad odor
- baseness
- beastliness
- belittlement
- bestiality
- black eye
- blame
- blasphemy
- blemish
- blot
- blur
- brand
- breakdown
- bring down
- cadence
- calumny
- capitulation
- censure
- chagrin
- churlishness
- closeness
- collapse
- comedown
- comeuppance
- compunction
- condemnation
- condescension
- confusion
- conquest
- contamination
- contempt
- contemptibleness
- contraction
- contriteness
- contrition
- contumely
- corrosion
- corruption
- corruptness
- covetousness
- criminality
- crumbling
- culpability
- curtailment
- cut
- cutback
- death
- debasement
- debasing
- debauchery
- decadence
- decay
- decaying
- declension
- declination
- decline
- decomposition
- decrement
- defacement
- defacing
- defamation
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- degringolade
- demotion
- denunciation
- depravation
- depravity
- depreciation
- derision
- derogation
- descent
- desecration
- destruction
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devastation
- devolution
- dilapidation
- diminution
- disaster
- disbarment
- discharge
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- discount
- discourtesy
- discredit
- disdain
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dishonesty
- dishonor
- disintegration
- dislocation
- dismissal
- displacement
- disrepair
- disrepute
- disrespect
- dissipation
- dissoluteness
- dissolution
- distress
- dive
- down
- downcome
- downfall
- downgrade
- downgrading
- downturn
- drop
- ejection
- embarrassment
- evil
- excess
- failure
- fall
- flagitiousness
- frugality
- gluttony
- greed
- grief
- guilt
- humbling
- humiliation
- ignominy
- ill repute
- ill-temper
- immorality
- impairment
- impeachment
- improbity
- impurity
- incontinence
- indignity
- infamy
- inferiority
- ingloriousness
- iniquity
- insult
- intemperance
- invasion
- irritation
- knavishness
- lapse
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- lessening
- lewdness
- licentiousness
- lie
- looseness
- loss
- loss of face
- loss of honor
- lowering
- lowness
- lubricity
- malice
- malignity
- markdown
- meanness
- mental pain
- minimization
- miserliness
- mistreatment
- mortification
- obloquy
- odium
- offense
- opprobrium
- outrage
- overthrow
- pang
- parsimony
- pathos
- penance
- penitency
- perversion
- pettiness
- pollution
- poorness
- prejudice
- profanation
- profligacy
- prostitution
- pudency
- put-down
- qualm
- rapacity
- rapine
- ravishment
- rebate
- reduction
- regression
- regret
- remorse
- remorsefulness
- removal
- repentance
- reproach
- resignation
- retrogression
- ridicule
- rotting
- rue
- ruefulness
- ruin
- ruth
- sacrilege
- sadness
- scandal
- scorn
- scruple
- self-abasement
- self-castigation
- self-condemnation
- self-disgust
- self-flagellation
- self-punishment
- self-reproach
- self-reproof
- sensuality
- shame
- shamefacedness
- shamelessness
- shrinkage
- sinfulness
- skeleton in the cupboard
- slander
- slight
- slump
- slur
- smallmindedness
- smear
- sordidness
- spoiling
- spoliation
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- stinginess
- stupefaction
- subdual
- subjection
- subjugation
- submission
- submissiveness
- subtraction
- surrender
- sybaritism
- taint
- tale
- tarnish
- touché
- treachery
- tumble
- turpitude
- underestimation
- unfrocking
- unkindness
- unscrupulousness
- unworthiness
- venality
- vice
- viciousness
- vileness
- villainousness
- villainy
- vitiation
- vulgarity
- wickedness
- worsening
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