Associations to the word «Demote»

Wiktionary

DEMOTE, verb. (transitive) To lower the rank or status of something.
DEMOTE, verb. (transitive) To relegate.

Dictionary definition

DEMOTE, verb. Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin