The state or quality of being degraded; the condition of having been lowered in rank or status.
From degraded (adjective) + -ness (state of), creating a noun to describe the quality of being in a degraded state.
This word rarely appears in modern English because we prefer saying 'degradation'—it's a reminder that not every possible word form gets used equally, even if it's grammatically correct.
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