noun
1. being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
• Syn: ↑debasement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑debase (for: ↑debasement)
• Hypernyms: ↑impurity, ↑impureness
2. the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
• Hypernyms: ↑change
Useful english dictionary. 2012.