abasement

abasement
noun see abase

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Abasement — A*base ment ([.a]*b[=a]s ment), n. [Cf. F. abaissement.] The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • abasement — index attaint, bad repute, degradation, deterioration, disgrace, dishonor (shame), disrepute, ignominy …   Law dictionary

  • abasement — (n.) early 15c., embarrassment, dread, fear, from ABASE (Cf. abase) + MENT (Cf. ment). Sense of action of lowering in price is mid 15c.; action of lowering in rank is 1560s; condition of being abased is from 1610s …   Etymology dictionary

  • abasement — [n] disgrace degradation, dishonor, downgrade, humiliation, shame; concept 388 …   New thesaurus

  • abasement — Synonyms and related words: bump, bust, casting down, comedown, debasement, deflation, degradation, degrading, demotion, depluming, descent, disgrace, disgrading, displuming, downgrading, dump, embarrassment, hangdog look, humbled pride, humbling …   Moby Thesaurus

  • abasement — n. 1. Depression, detrusion, reduction, lowering, fall, deterioration, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, vitiation, perversion, depravation. 2. Abjectness, abjection, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, despicableness, ignominy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • abasement — noun only a fiend delights in the abasement of his children Syn: humiliation, humbling, belittlement, lowering, degradation, debasement Ant: pride …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • abasement — n 1. degradation, depravation, debasement, vitiation, deterioration, degeneration; devaluation, downfall, fall, descent, lowering, reduction, detrusion, depression; humiliation, humble pie, mortification, deflation; humility, humbleness, meekness …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • abasement — abase ► VERB (abase oneself) ▪ behave in a way that lessens others respect for one. DERIVATIVES abasement noun. ORIGIN Old French abaissier to lower …   English terms dictionary

  • abasement — noun 1. a low or downcast state (Freq. 1) each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement H.L.Menchken • Syn: ↑degradation, ↑abjection • Derivationally related forms: ↑degrade (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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