Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deteriorate

Marked by self-determination.

The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others / (politics) The political independence of a people

(chemistry) Any detergent in which the lipophilic part of the molecule is a cation; examples include long-chain quaternary ammonium compounds

(chemistry) Any detergent in which the lipophilic part of the molecule is an anion; examples include soaps and synthetic long-chain sulfates and sulfonates

(logic) A fallacy consisting in reasoning that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen.

plural of deterioration

(obsolete) Any substance used for cleaning a wound.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deterge

simple past tense and past participle of deterge