different between immorality vs debasement

English

immorality (usually uncountable, plural immoralities)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
(countable) An immoral act or practice.
- 1997, Emily Assami, Mary Kennedy, and Amatullah Bantley, The Qur'an (Saheeh International Translation), surah 7, verse 28
  And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it."

debase +? -ment

debasement (countable and uncountable, plural debasements)

The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
- 1832, Edgar Allan Poe, "Bon Bon":
  His large water-dog was acquainted with the fact, and upon the approach of his master, betrayed his sense of inferiority by a sanctity of deportment, a debasement of the ears, and a dropping of the lower jaw not altogether unworthy of a dog.
- 2009, Gilbert Cruz, "The Many Faces of Addiction (Book review of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life by Benoit Denizet-Lewis)," Time, 12 Jan.:
  There's something ugly and fascinating about reading such intimate tales of debasement and depression and failure and self-doubt.
The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

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