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Answer for the clue "An act that debases or corrupts ", 14 letters:
bastardization

Word definitions for bastardization in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A degradation of a language caused by the passage of time or geographical remoteness. n. A degradation of a language caused by the passage of time or geographical remoteness.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bastardization \bastardization\ n. An act that debases or corrupts. Syn: bastardisation.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. declaring or rendering bastard; "the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children" an act that debases or corrupts [syn: bastardisation ]

Usage examples of bastardization.

That term was a Greek bastardization of the Persian province of Fars, the homeland of the old Achaemenid dynasty.

The forbidden, esoteric Vagaries that Failee tore from Faegan's mind with the Chimeran Agonies and was forced to combine with the Vigors to produce this bastardization of the craft.

The high and low cuisines of hundreds of planets, along with bastardizations and cross-pollinations added their smells to the air.