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deterioration
noun
1 deterioration
A symptom of reduced quality or strength.
synonym: impairment.
Roget 659:
deterioration,
debasement;
wane,
ebb;
recession
etc.
287;
retrogradation
etc.
283†;
decrease
etc.
36.
degeneracy,
degeneration,
degenerateness;
degradation;
depravation,
depravement;
devolution;
depravity
etc.
945;
demoralization,
retrogression;
masochism.
impairment,
inquination†,
injury,
damage,
loss,
detriment,
delaceration†,
outrage,
havoc,
inroad,
ravage,
scath†;
perversion,
prostitution,
vitiation,
discoloration,
oxidation,
pollution,
defoedation†,
poisoning,
venenation†,
leaven,
contamination,
canker,
corruption,
adulteration,
alloy.
decline,
declension,
declination;
decadence,
decadency†;
falling off
etc.
v.;
caducity†,
decrepitude.
decay,
dilapidation,
ravages of time,
wear and tear;
corrosion,
erosion;
moldiness,
rottenness;
moth and rust,
dry rot,
blight,
marasmus†,
atrophy,
collapse;
disorganization;
delabrement
etc.
(destruction).
162;
aphid,
Aphis,
plant louse,
puceron†;
vinefretter†,
vinegrub†.
wreck,
mere wreck,
honeycomb,
magni nominis umbra [Lat.];
jade,
plug,
rackabones [U.S.],
skate [U.S.];
tackey†,
tacky [U.S.].
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Roget 661:
relapse,
lapse;
falling back
etc.
v.;
retrogradation
etc.
(retrogression)
283†;
deterioration
etc.
659.
[Return to, or recurrence of a bad state]
backsliding,
recidivation†;
recidivism,
recidivity†;
recrudescence.
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Roget 283:
regress,
regression;
retrocession†,
retrogression,
retrograduation†,
retroaction;
reculade†;
retreat,
withdrawal,
retirement,
remigration†;
recession
etc.
(motion from)
287;
recess;
crab-like motion.
refluence†,
reflux;
backwater,
regurgitation,
ebb,
return;
resilience reflection,
reflexion [Brit.]
(recoil)
277;
flip-flop,
volte-face [Fr.].
counter motion,
retrograde motion,
backward movement,
motion in reverse,
counter movement,
counter march;
veering,
tergiversation,
recidivation†,
backsliding,
fall;
deterioration
etc.
659;
recidivism,
recidivity†.
reversal,
relapse,
turning point
etc.
(reversion)
145.
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Dutch: verarming, verslechtering
2 deterioration
Process of changing to an inferior state.
synonyms: declension, decline in quality, worsening.
Roget 36:
decrease,
diminution;
lessening
etc.
v.;
subtraction
etc.
38;
reduction,
abatement,
declension;
shrinking
etc.
(contraction.)
195;
coarctation†;
abridgment
etc.
(shortening)
201;
extenuation.
subsidence,
wane,
ebb,
decline;
ebbing;
descent
etc.
306;
decrement,
reflux,
depreciation;
deterioration
etc.
659;
anticlimax;
mitigation
etc.
(moderation)
174.
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Dutch: degraderen, achteruitgang, verval, verslechtering, aftakeling
Polish: pogorszenie się
adjective
Roget 150:
unchangeable,
immutable;
unaltered,
unalterable;
not to be changed,
constant;
permanent
etc.
141;
invariable,
undeviating;
stable,
durable;
perennial
etc.
(diuturnal)
110†.
fixed,
steadfast,
firm,
fast,
steady,
balanced;
confirmed,
valid;
fiducial†;
immovable,
irremovable,
riveted,
rooted;
settled,
established
etc.
v.;
vested;
incontrovertible,
stereotyped,
indeclinable.
tethered,
anchored,
moored,
at anchor,
on a rock,
rock solid,
firm as a rock;
firmly seated,
firmly established
etc.
v.;
deep-rooted,
ineradicable;
inveterate;
obstinate
etc.
606.
transfixed,
stuck fast,
aground,
high and dry,
stranded.
[movable object rendered unmovable]
stuck,
jammed;
unremovable;
quiescent
etc.
265;
deterioration
etc.
659.
indefeasible,
irretrievable,
intransmutable†,
incommutable†,
irresoluble†,
irrevocable,
irreversible,
reverseless†,
inextinguishable,
irreducible;
indissoluble,
indissolvable†;
indestructible,
undying,
imperishable,
incorruptible,
indelible,
indeciduous†;
insusceptible,
insusceptible of change.
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