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barefacedly

Part of Speech: Noun

Openly; shamelessly.

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debase

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1. To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.

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Not infamy, but honor and wealth, is the portion of the men who corrupt and ruin and debase in this country. - "The Squatter and the Don", C. Loyal.
You, the head of the house of Lorraine, the chief of the League, the commander of the allied armies, debase yourself in stooping to take vengeance on a stable- boy. - "Helmet of Navarre", Bertha Runkle.
Fortunately, also, having a support, he was not tempted to debase his talent by sensational ventures. - "That Fortune", Charles Dudley Warner Last Updated: February 22, 2009.

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