Term: degradation: changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
Candidate hypernym: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics → 1
Candidate hypernym: microcephaly: an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain → 0
Candidate hypernym: lake herring: cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus phaius: genus of Asiatic and Australian terrestrial orchids → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethyl: the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom → 0
Candidate hypernym: injector: a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) → 0
Candidate hypernym: dealing: method or manner of conduct in relation to others → 0
Candidate hypernym: cubic foot: the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side → 0
Candidate hypernym: tagalog: the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based → 0
Candidate hypernym: posthole digger: a shovel used to sink postholes → 0
Candidate hypernym: reformation: a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches → 0