Degradation

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Degradation may refer to:

• Biodegradation of organic substances by living organisms
• 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 (geology)
• Environmental degradation in ecology
• "Degradation", a song by the Violent Femmes, from Add It Up (1981–1993)
• Degradation (telecommunications), of an electronic signal
• Elegant degradation, gradual rather than sudden
  • Graceful degradation, in a fault-tolerant system
• Polymer degradation as plastics age