Just to confirm the accepted answer, I link here relevant definitions from [Springer Online Encyclopaedia of Mathematics](https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Main_Page) (definitely more reliable source than MathWorld and even PlanetMath...): [Nilpotent algebra](https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Nilpotent_algebra) [Locally nilpotent algebra](https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Locally_nilpotent_algebra) [Nil algebra](https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Nil_algebra) So the most appropriate thing to say would be "the augmentation ideal is nilpotent". This terminology is very standard.