What does degregation of character mean?

Answer 1

Actually, neither "degregation" nor "degrigation" are words. The word for which you are seeking a definition is likely either "degradation," "denigration" or "defamation," and a quick search of these will provide instances of legal principles. Aside from that, the original answer provided below is approximately correct.

It can be used two ways:

1.Towards the self:

degradation of character means to lower one's self to a level of unworthiness, to pity one's self without understand one's personal positive qualities, to have a low opinion of one's self (low self-esteem, e.g.)

2. Toward others:

degradation of character means to humiliate, to put down, to dishonor, to demean, to have a low opinion of them, to disrespect

In law "defamation of character" of another, would be to dishonor them, or to disrespect them... e.g. a case against slander, would be a form of degrading, defaming, or denigrating a person. If a company or organization is said to have " degradation of character" it is considered to be disreputable, meaning more or less "unethical" If an individual person is deemed by the Court to have "degradation of character", he or she is veiwed with having unethical standards, according to the Court's definition of the term.