"mortification" in the noun sense
1. chagrin, humiliation, mortification
strong feelings of embarrassment
2. necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
3. humiliation, mortification
an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
"he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
4. mortification
Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
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