debase — OAT · Shobdo

debase

verb

1 the code of chivalry has been debased and sentimentalized:

degrade, devalue, demean, lower the status of, reduce the status of, cheapen, prostitute, discredit, drag down, drag through the mud, tarnish, blacken, blemish;

disgrace, dishonor, shame, bring shame to, humble, humiliate;

damage, harm, undermine.

▷antonyms enhance.

2 copper hardens the coin without significantly debasing the silver:

reduce in value, reduce in quality;

contaminate, adulterate, pollute, taint, defile, spoil, foul, sully, depreciate, corrupt, bastardize;

dilute, alloy;

rare vitiate.