1. (verb)corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
3. (verb)load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacingvaluable ingredients with inferior ones "adulterate liquor"
Definition of 'debase'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)debase to reduce from a higher to a lowerstate or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words