degrades

verb

(transitive) To lower in value or social position.

(intransitive, ergative) To reduce in quality or purity.

(transitive, geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

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The word degrades breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root grad-, from Latin gradus (“step, degree”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.