Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deterioration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deterioration \De*te`ri*o*ra"tion\, n. [LL. deterioratio: cf. F.
d['e]t['e]rioration.]
The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown
worse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deterioration
n 1: a symptom of reduced quality or strength [syn: {impairment}]
2: process of changing to an inferior state [syn: {decline in
quality}, {declension}, {worsening}]
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