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self-abasement

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self-a·base·ment (slf-bsmnt)
n.
Degradation or humiliation of oneself, especially because of feelings of guilt or inferiority.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.self-abasement - voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
self-mortification, penance
penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment - the act of punishing
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self-abasement [ˌselfəˈbeɪsmənt] N → rebajamiento m de sí mismo, autodegradación f


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Will reseated himself, feeling some pity which was half contempt for this voluntary self-abasement of an elderly man.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
But they were generally accompanied by a sense of compunction and self-abasement of which Newland Archer felt no trace.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
He had concealed nothing, and even, in his self-abasement, he had striven to make himself more despicable than he had really been.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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