Term: bastardization: an act that debases or corrupts
Candidate hypernym: degradation: changing to a lower state (a less respected state) → 1
Candidate hypernym: hold: a cell in a jail or prison → 0
Candidate hypernym: duck: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs → 0
Candidate hypernym: spill: a sudden drop from an upright position → 0
Candidate hypernym: reniform leaf: a simple kidney-shaped leaf → 0
Candidate hypernym: non prosequitur: a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court) → 0
Candidate hypernym: methylene chloride: a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant → 0
Candidate hypernym: optimist: a person disposed to take a favorable view of things → 0
Candidate hypernym: fuller: a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living → 0
Candidate hypernym: smoke: a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion → 0
Candidate hypernym: leptomeninges: the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers → 0