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preferment
preferment
noun
Definition of PREFERMENT
a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position <anticipated her preferment to a better-paying position within the company>
Near Antonyms deposition, dethronement, discharge, dismissal, expulsion, impeachment, ouster, overthrow, removal, suspension, unmaking, unseating; downfall, fall
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