Usually means: Lowers in value, quality, dignity.
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  1. debases: Merriam-Webster
  2. debases: Collins English Dictionary
  3. debases: Vocabulary.com
  4. debases: Wordnik
  5. debases: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. debases: Wiktionary
  7. debases: Dictionary.com
  8. debases: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. debases: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. debases: Legal dictionary

(Note: See debase as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (debase)

verb:  (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To lower in position or rank.
verb:  (transitive) To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
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