deu: erniedrigen

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Meaning
means	(verb) debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" vulgarise, vulgarize
means	(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" humble, humiliate, chagrin, abase, mortify
means	(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" deprave, demoralize, misdirect, debase, pervert, corrupt, profane, vitiate, subvert, debauch, demoralise
means	(verb) cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him" humble
means	(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" demean, put down, disgrace, degrade, take down
means	(verb) make smaller; "He decreased his staff" lessen, minify, decrease
means	(verb) cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" lower, depress