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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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