Degradation

• Biodegradation, the processes by which organic substances are broken down by living organisms
• Chemical decomposition, the degradation of chemical compounds
• Degradation (song), by the Violent Femmes
• Degradation (telecommunications), the loss of quality of an electronic signal
• Degradation Ceremony, a ritual performed when cleric is deprived of office or a Knight is stripped of the honour
• Elegant degradation, in engineering, the gradual failing of a machine
• Environmental degradation, in ecology, damage to the ecosystem and loss of biodiversity

See also

• Gradation (disambiguation)
• Attenuation
• Decomposition (disambiguation)
• Erosion
• Humiliation