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