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)
See also
- Dégradé, 2015 Palestinian film
- Humiliation, sometimes regarded as cognate with degradation
- Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment