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self-abasement


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Self-abasement  \Self`-a*base"ment\,  n. 
  1.  Degradation  of  one's  self  by  one's  own  act 
 
  2.  Humiliation  or  abasement  proceeding  from  consciousness  of 
  inferiority,  guilt,  or  shame. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  self-abasement 
  n  :  voluntary  self-punishment  in  order  to  atone  for  some 
  wrongdoing  [syn:  {penance},  {self-mortification}] 




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