Definition of gradation

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Gradation (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes..

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Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Fall :: Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement..
Gradational :: Gradational (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes..
Gradation :: Gradation (v. t.) To form with gradations.
Mode :: Mode (n.) Variety; gradation; degree.
Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing..
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..
Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..
Stump :: Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder..
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward..
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