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Deterioration

//dəˌti.ɹi.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse. countable, uncountable

    "From 1945 onwards, deterioration in the condition of the brickwork in the arch soffits was kept under close observation, and in 1951 it was decided that strengthening must be undertaken."

  2. 2
    process of changing to an inferior state wordnet
  3. 3
    a symptom of reduced quality or strength wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French détérioration; morphologically deteriorate + -ion.

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