Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abasement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abasement \A*base"ment\ ([.a]*b[=a]s"ment), n. [Cf. F.
abaissement.]
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of
being abased or humbled; humiliation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abasement
n 1: a low or downcast state: "each confession brought her into
an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: {degradation},
{abjection}]
2: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: {humiliation}]
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