Answer:

downgrade

Answer	Crossword Clue
DOWNGRADE	Minimize
DOWNGRADE	Demote to a less skilled job.
DOWNGRADE	Declivity.

DOWNGRADE	Demote.
DOWNGRADE	Road slope.
DOWNGRADE	Slope of a kind.
DOWNGRADE	Denigrate
DOWNGRADE	Belittle
DOWNGRADE	Reduce in importance
DOWNGRADE	Feather quality?
DOWNGRADE	Reduce in rank

DOWNGRADE	Reduce in status

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.