demotion (n.)
- banishment
- comedown
- concavity
- de-escalation
- debasement
- decadence
- decadency
- declension
- declination
- decline
- deformation
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- deportation
- depravation
- depreciation
- depression
- deprivation
- derogation
- descent
- deterioration
- devolution
- diminution
- disbarment
- downturn
- drop
- ducking
- dying
- ebb
- exclusion
- excommunication
- exile
- expatriation
- extradition
- fading
- failing
- failure
- fall
- hollowness
- humiliation
- involution
- lapse
- lowering
- ostracism
- outlawry
- reduction
- regression
- relegation
- retrogression
- rustication
- sinking
- slippage
- slump
- stripping
- submergence
- suspension
- transportation
- wane