dégradation
Meanings
Noun
1. removal from office or a function
2. loss of certain civil or other rights as a punishment
3. loss of rank and dishonourable discharge from the army as a punishment
4. the act of causing degradation or damage
5. the act or result of weakening or diminishing
6. degradation, steady progression to a worse state
7. loss of value
Examples3
L'humanité sera-t-elle capable d’empêcher la dégradation des écosystèmes?
Will humanity be able to prevent the degradation of ecosystems?
Le labeur et l'inquiétude ont entraîné une dégradation de sa santé.
Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
Des vandales ont fait des dégradations sur le bâtiment.
Vandals defaced the building.