noun

the condition or process of degrading or being degraded.

a trail of human misery and degradation

humiliation,shame,loss of dignity,loss of self-respect,loss of pride,abasement,mortification,indignity,ignominy,demeaning,debasement,cheapening,devaluing,discrediting,dishonouring,deterioration,degeneration,atrophy,decay,wasting away,breakdown