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mortification

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mor·ti·fi·ca·tion  (môrt-f-kshn)
n.
1. A feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride.
2. Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.
3. Pathology Death or decay of one part of a living body; gangrene or necrosis.

mortification [ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən]
n
1. a feeling of loss of prestige or self-respect; humiliation
2. something causing this
3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity the practice of mortifying the senses
4. (Medicine / Pathology) another word for gangrene
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mortification - strong feelings of embarrassmentmortification - strong feelings of embarrassment    
embarrassment - the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
2.mortification - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)mortification - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
death - the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"
myonecrosis - localized death of muscle cell fibers
3.mortification - an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
case, instance, example - an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
4.mortification - (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
self-control, self-denial, self-discipline - the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior

mortification
noun
1. humiliation, shame, embarrassment, dissatisfaction, annoyance, chagrin, loss of face, discomfiture, vexation, abasement The chairman tried to hide his mortification.
2. discipline, control, denial, chastening, subjugation, abasement ascetism and mortification of the flesh
3. (Medical) gangrene, corruption, festering, necrosis, putrescence He treated cases of infection, ulceration and mortification.
Translations
mortification [ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] Nmortificación f, humillación f, vergüenza f
mortification
n
Beschämung f; (= embarrassment)äußerste Verlegenheit; (= humiliation)Demütigung f; much to his mortification, she …er empfand es als sehr beschämend, dass sie …; (embarrassment) → es war ihm äußerst peinlich, dass sie …; (humiliation) → er empfand es als eine Schmach, dass sie …; I discovered to my mortification that I had made a mistakeich stellte zu meiner größten Verlegenheit fest, dass ich einen Fehler gemacht hatte; because of her mortification at what had happenedweil ihr das, was geschehen war, so überaus peinlich war; he felt great mortification at being rejecteder empfand es als eine Schmach or Schande, dass er nicht angenommen wurde
(Rel) → Kasteiung f
(Med) → Brand m
mortification [ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn] nmortificazione f


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Seeing the Unblotted Escutcheon turning black with what he supposed to be the record of his own misdeeds showing through the whitewash, the Orator fell dead of mortification.
You shall read, in some of the friars' books of mortification, that a man should think with himself, what the pain is, if he have but his finger's end pressed, or tortured, and thereby imagine, what the pains of death are, when the whole body is corrupted, and dissolved; when many times death passeth, with less pain than the torture of a limb; for the most vital parts, are not the quickest of sense.
Mortification set in, and they had to amputate him.
 
 
 
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