demote : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: demote	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for demote
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demote v assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" Synonym(s): demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs Antonym(s): advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demote \De*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de- + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade, as in school.