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Meanings of debasing in English

Which makes a person morally inferior.

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        Usage of debasing in English
        1
        They are debasing and defaming Islam, as President Widodo has often said.
        Radio NZ
        2
        Given opportunity elsewhere, these emigrants broke the debasing chains of farmland rental.
        Anthill: a novel
        3
        He strove to uplift them from the debasing habits of savage life.
        Woman on the American Frontier / A Valuable and Authentic Histor...
        4
        What will you tell critics who accuse you of debasing the yen?
        Reuters
        5
        Such an employment is not debasing except among people of mean birth.
        Amphitryon
        6
        True manliness had bowed itself in debasing submission to the bestial.
        Ten Nights in a Bar Room
        7
        Unjust, arbitrary and debasing are such ideas, and the laws based upon them.
        The Woman's Bible
        8
        The hope of money is even more debasing than the hoarding.
        The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
        9
        All which lowers the influence or the sacredness of this memory is debasing.
        George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
        10
        The deliberate ingenuity of the nastiness is its most debasing feature.
        On the Edge of the War Zone / From the Battle of the Marne to th...
        11
        Humility is thought debasing; but Truth alone is honourable, and Humility is Truth.
        Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
        12
        Its ultra-low interest rates and money printing favoured gold by debasing the dollar.
        Reuters
        13
        Those who spread such doctrines are debasing the moral currency of English life.
        Sermons at Rugby
        14
        There is nothing debasing in a smock-frock or a fustian jacket.
        The Golden Calf
        15
        The myths, on the other hand, are what we call irrational and debasing.
        Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
        16
        Anyway, Blair's alleged remark is merely the most prominent in a debasing trend.
        The Irish Times
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