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debase

(d/I/'b/eI/s
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verb (v)
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality(verb.social)Synonym:
corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiatesource: wordnet30 - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.(verb)source: webster1913