Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Debased \De*based"\, a. (Her.)
   Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted;
   reversed.

Debase \De*base"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debased}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Debasing}.] [Pref. de- + base. See {Base}, a., and cf.
   {Abase}.]
   To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth,
   dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to
   deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime;
   to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar
   words.

         The coin which was adulterated and debased. --Hale.

         It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase
         religion with such frivolous disputes.   --Hooker.

         And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. --Pope.

   Syn: To abase; degrade. See {Abase}.

Source : WordNet®

debased
     adj 1: mixed with impurities [syn: {adulterate}, {adulterated}]
     2: lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"
        [syn: {devalued}, {degraded}]
     3: ruined in character or quality [syn: {corrupted}, {vitiated}]