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What does debase mean?

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  1. (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To lower in position or rank.
  3. (transitive) To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
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Everywhere people recognise that genuine forms of corruption debase the quality of their life, lead to the degradation of their social and physical environment.
The state has understood this lesson since the kings of old began repeatedly to debase the coinage.
Who deserts his father's race, seeks the black blood to debase, which thro' his own veins doth chase, he be accurst!
By denying Japan's venal politicians the opportunity to debase the yen, the Bank of Japan may think it is acting in the right spirit.
It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous.
But I have trouble with the irreality of paid shills, whether bloggers, influencers, or everyday people, who debase social intercourse.

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