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degradation

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

A decline in quality, condition, or standing.

Years of neglect caused the gradual degradation of the mural.

Dictionary practice example.

The degradation of a repeatedly reused stencil becomes visible when its once-clear edges begin to produce blurred shapes on the workshop's posters.