downgrade

  1. Noun.  A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
  2. Verb.  To place lower in position.
  3. Verb.  To 'dumb down', reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts. .
  4. Verb.  (meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
  5. Verb.  (computing) To revert software back to an older version.

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