English

Noun

deterioration ‎(countable and uncountable, plural deteriorations)

1. The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
   • 2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?”, in the Guardian:

     The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.

Antonyms

• amelioration

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