abwerten — meaning in English

English meaning

• avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
• debase verb To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
• debauch noun An individual act of debauchery.
• depreciate verb To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.

Senses

abwerten is used for these senses in English:

• avoid (transitive, legal) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
• debase (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
• debauch (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
• devalue (transitive) To lower or remove the value of something.

avoid — full definition

1. verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
2. verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
3. verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.

debase — full definition

1. verb To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
2. verb To lower in position or rank.
3. verb To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

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