abasement
Abasement means humiliation or disgrace. Losing an important football game because of several stupid mistakes might result in abasement for the whole team.
The noun abasement is good for describing the feeling of shame or disgrace that overcomes people who do something embarrassing or dishonorable. A political scandal or huge election loss can result in abasement for an entire party, and tripping and falling in the middle school cafeteria can cause a thirteen year-old’s abasement. Abasement and its related verb, abase, come from an Old French root, abaissier, “diminish, or make lower in value or status.”
Definitions of abasement
depriving one of self-esteem
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humiliation-
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comedowndecline to a lower status or level
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debasement, degradationchanging to a lower state (a less respected state)
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comedown
a low or downcast state
“”each confession brought her into an attitude of
abasement“- H.L.Menchken”-
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abjection, degradation-
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decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerationthe state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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depth(usually plural) a low moral state
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humiliationstate of disgrace or loss of self-respect
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decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degeneration
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