mortification
Nouns
- (n) strong feelings of embarrassment chagrin, humiliation,
- (n) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus,
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(n) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- he had to undergo one humiliation after another
- (n) (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)