dégradation
See also: degradation
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēgradātiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dégradation f (plural dégradations)
- removal from office or a function
- loss of certain civil or other rights as a punishment
- loss of rank and dishonourable discharge from the army as a punishment
- the act of causing degradation or damage
- the act or result of weakening or diminishing
- degradation, steady progression to a worse state
- loss of value
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dégradation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.