debase

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debase Definition

• (v) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
• (v) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
• (v) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

debase Synonyms

• adulterate
• alloy
• corrupt
• debase
• debauch
• demoralise
• demoralize
• deprave
• dilute
• misdirect
• pervert
• profane
• stretch
• subvert
• vitiate