Demoralization

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, ·etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, ·etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy.

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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.