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reduce in rank or assign to a lower position

She kept her job, but was demoted.

She was demoted due to her rudeness
He's been demoted, you see.
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
They demoted him to the rotating shift he'd been on during the first days of the job.
Junot Diaz -- Drown
She was to be demoted to second trombone, she was told.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
After going wacko at the groundbreaking ceremony, Chuck E. Muckle got demoted to the post of assistant junior vice-president.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
But one day, in 1983, he was suddenly called into his boss's office and swiftly demoted.
Li Cunxin -- Mao's Last Dancer
His face reminded me, oddly, of a person who'd just learned he'd been demoted.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
And she was so incensed at your demoting Hugh from the management of the mill.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
Instead, they were fighting for their pride and against the threat of getting demoted to a lower division for next season.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United
After a few trial runs, I demoted him to dancer.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
I heard myself strangely demoting our men to the more helpless boys.
Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies
And for me, that was the final and truly unbearable tragedy: Like all the innumerable dead, he'd once and for all been demoted from haunted to haunter.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
"That's a demotion," Mindy said.
Andy Weir -- The Martian

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

At this rate they're going to demote you to JV.
Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
If Carter wasn't careful, he'd get demoted yet again, and the only position below the distribution center was sanitation duty.
Kass Morgan -- The 100
Any failure of duty on their part was liable to be punished by demotion and loss of privileges.
Richard Adams -- Watership Down

If you choose to demote me to an inferior post as a result of my failure, I hope I may accept it with grace.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
As a rule I took pleasure in stepping up and smiling back in her teeth—but in the stern hall lights I felt clammy and used-up, demoted somehow.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
Just like the rebel sympathizers that the king demoted a caste.
Kiera Cass -- The One

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