The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DEMOTION
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More clues leading to the result DEMOTION
- Daughter feeling a loss of status
- Passion shown by daughter, being put down
- Relegation? There's strong feeling shown by crowd finally
- Downgrading of French proposal
- Dead feeling is going down
- Departs with feeling, on going down
- Downgrading Germany’s European proposal
- Downgrading of French movement
- Duke feeling reduction in status
- Protest turning into loss of status
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The straight part
We know that "Downgrading" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case downgrading = demotion.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DEMOTION mean?
DEMOTION noun- An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status