Degradation (9)
I believe the answer is:
abasement
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">degradation</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for abasement that I've seen before include "that one humbly displays" , "Crawling" , "Demotion" , "degrading" , "Mean beast (anag.)" .)