Degradation

Degradation may refer to:

Science

 * Degradation (geology), lowering of a fluvial surface by erosion
 * Degradation (telecommunications), of an electronic signal
 * Biodegradation of organic substances by living organisms
 * Environmental degradation in ecology
 * Land degradation, a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land
 * Polymer degradation, as plastics age

Other

 * Elegant degradation, gradual rather than sudden
 * Graceful degradation, in a fault-tolerant system
 * Degradation (knighthood), revocation of knighthood
 * Cashiering, whereby a military officer is dismissed for misconduct
 * Reduction in rank, whereby a military officer is reduced to a lower rank for misconduct
 * Degradation, the former ceremony of defrocking a disgraced priest
 * Degradation, a song by the Violent Femmes, from Add It Up (1981–1993)