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Meaning of 'debase' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Debase [ a.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'debase' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . debase [ v]
Meaning (1):
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Example in sentence:
  • adulterate liquor
Meaning (2):
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example in sentence:
  • corrupt the morals;
  • debauch the young people with wine and women;
  • Do school counselors subvert young children?;
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men

Nearby Words:

debacchate debacchation debacle debar debarb debark debarkation debarked debarking debarment

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