Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Humiliation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Humiliation \Hu*mil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. humiliatio: cf. F.
humiliation.]
1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride;
mortification. --Bp. Hopkins.
2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to
lowliness or submission.
The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a
humiliation of manhood. --Hooker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
humiliation
n 1: state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
2: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: {chagrin}, {mortification}]
3: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: {abasement}]
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