Degradation subordination debasement inferiority baseness commonness lowliness lowness subordinateness (Mil: = development) → Glied nt; to break rank(s) → aus dem Glied treten; to help keep rank(s) → in Reih und Glied stehen; to provide during the ranks → gemeiner Soldat sein; the ranks, other ranks (Brit) → die Mannschaften https://23.92.16.13