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abasement

DEFINITIONS OF: abasement

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n depriving one of self-esteem

Synonyms:
humiliation
Types:
comedown
decline to a lower status or level
Type of:
debasement, degradation
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

n a low or downcast state

“"each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken”
Synonyms:
abjection, degradation
Types:
decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degeneration
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
depth
(usually plural) a low moral state
Type of:
humiliation
state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
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