degradement

English

Etymology

From degrade +‎ -ment.

Noun

degradement (uncountable)

1. degradation
   1. Removal or lowering of rank or office
   2. insulting or disrespect.

Quotations

1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavvses that hitherto have Hindred it; republished as Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC:

threw away those episcopal ornaments wherein they were installed , as foolish and detestable ; for so the words of Ridley at his degradement

References

• “degradement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.