cheapen

[cheapen]

Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

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Verb
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth


v. t.
To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.

a.
To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate.


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Usage Examples

I do believe that freedom isn't free - but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. They've been cynically using the word 'freedom' to rally the American public against its own best interests.

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Other Usage Examples

Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.

The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival.

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