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demote verb abase, belittle, bring down, bring low, cashier, cause to descend, cause to sink, debase, decrease in importance, dedecorate, deflate, degrade, demean, depreciate, deprive, dethrone, diminish, discrown, dismiss from favor, dispossess, disrate, divest, downgrade, drop, humble, impose a penalty, lessen importance of, lower, lower in rank, make less important, otherwordly, reduce, reduce to inferior rank, reduce to the ranks, relieve, remove from office, strip, take down, unseat Associated concepts: demotion in rank, demotion in salary, demotion of employee See also: depose, derogate, dislodge, humiliate, minimize, remove How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ya-May Christle, who alleges that Berkow offered promotions for sex, and that she was transferred from the Internal Affairs Group and demoted from sergeant to detective after reporting her boss's trysts. Milingo, who has a history of sowing division and disarray among the faithful, was initially demoted from his archepiscopate in Zambia in 1983 after leading faith-healing sessions that included exorcisms. Partly because of its small size, Pluto has been demoted from a planet and placed in the same category as other smaller space bodies. |
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