To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
To say (something) expressing a moral reflection or judgment.
To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to.