- Degradation - The protection of the interior walls of a fortification
from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on
the exposed side. - The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether
physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
- Belittlement - Degradation - Degradation; humiliation - Humiliation - The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state
of being abased or humbled; humiliation.