degression

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin degressio, from degressus + -io (“forming abstract nouns from verbs”), past perfect participle of degredi (“to descend by steps”), from de- (“down”) + gradi (“to step, walk, go”). ==== Noun ==== degression (countable and uncountable, plural degressions) (obsolete) Descent, the act of descending. 1486, Henry VII at York in Surtees Misc., 55: For your blode this citie made never degression. (economics) Degressive taxation, a system of progressive decreases in a rate of taxation (as tariffs etc.) below certain benchmarks. (publishing) Degressive description, a system of varying descriptions of a book in accordance to its importance or available space. 1908, F. Madan in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, number 9, page 53: The principle of degression... It may therefore be worth while to suggest four forms for the description of a book, showing by degressive changes what details may fairly be omitted in short descriptions. ===== Hypernyms ===== (taxation): graduation ===== Related terms ===== degressive === Etymology 2 === See digression. ==== Noun ==== degression (plural degressions) Obsolete spelling of digression. === References === “degression, n..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894. “digression, n..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1896.