demotion

demotion
Synonyms and related words:
banishment, blackballing, comedown, concavity, de-escalation, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline, deformation, defrocking, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, depluming, deportation, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, depression, deprivation, derogation, descent, deterioration, detrusion, devolution, diminution, disbarment, disfellowship, displuming, downgrading, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, ducking, dying, ebb, effeteness, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expatriation, extradition, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling-off, fugitation, hauling down, hollowness, humbling, humiliation, involution, lapse, loss of tone, lowering, ostracism, ostracization, outlawing, outlawry, reduction, regression, relegation, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, rustication, sinking, slippage, slump, stripping, submergence, suspension, thrusting under, transportation, unfrocking, wane

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  • demotion — index degradation, ignominy, removal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • demotion — 1901, agent noun from DEMOTE (Cf. demote) (q.v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • demotion — demote de‧mote [dɪˈməʊt ǁ ˈmoʊt] verb [transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to give someone a job with a lower rank or position than they had before: • Constructive dismissal can include demoting you or reducing your salary. demote somebody to something • …   Financial and business terms

  • Demotion — A demotion is a reduction in an employee s rank or job title within the organizational hierarchy of a company, public service department, or other body. A demotion may also lead to the loss of other privileges associated with a more senior rank… …   Wikipedia

  • demotion — demote ► VERB ▪ reduce to a lower rank or less senior position. DERIVATIVES demotion noun. ORIGIN from DE (Cf. ↑de ) + a shortened form of PROMOTE(Cf. ↑promote) …   English terms dictionary

  • demotion — noun see demote …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • demotion — See demote. * * * …   Universalium

  • demotion — noun an act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status Ant: promotion …   Wiktionary

  • demotion — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or an instance of demoting: degradation, reduction. See RISE …   English dictionary for students

  • demotion — de·mo·tion || ‚diː məʊʃn n. reduction to a lower rank or position …   English contemporary dictionary

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