10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
noun changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
originEtymology tree English debase Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English debasement From debase + -ment.
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