Debase means to lower in quality, value, or esteem, essentially to degrade. Maintaining one's dignity involves not debasing oneself.
Debase means to reduce in quality or value, or lower in esteem; degrade. Refusing to debase oneself means maintaining dignity.
| Word | debase |
|---|---|
| Part of Speech | V. |
| Definition | reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade. |
| Sentence | In The King and I, Anna refuses to kneel down and prostrate herself before the king, for she feels that to do so would debase her position, and she will not submit to such debasement. |
Tags: psat
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