debase

Meanings

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
• lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

Synonyms

adulterate, alloy, corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, dilute, load, misdirect, pervert, profane, stretch, subvert, vitiate