demote

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

de·mote (dĭ-mōtʹ)tr.v. de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes
To reduce in grade, rank, or status. [de- + promote.] de·moʹtion n. 
Synonyms: demote, break, bust², degrade, downgrade, reduce
These verbs mean to lower in grade, rank, or status: was demoted from captain to lieutenant; a noncommissioned officer broken to the ranks; a detective who was busted to uniformed traffic patrol for insubordination; a supervisor degraded to an assistant; a popular author downgraded by critical opinion to a genre writer; was reduced from a command post to a desk job.
Antonyms: promote

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate