|  devaluation 
 
 1. an official lowering of a nation's currency;
 a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries
 • Derivationally related forms:
 devaluate, devalue
 • Hypernyms:
 regulation, regulating
 2. the reduction of something's value or worth
 • Derivationally related forms:
 devaluate, devalue
 • Hypernyms:
 decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
 • Hyponyms:
 evisceration
 
 
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