Meaning & use
Abase
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To lower someone or oneself in rank, dignity, or self-respect; to humiliate.
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He refused to abase himself by begging for his old job back.
The tyrant took pleasure in publicly abasing his rivals.
A note on using this word
Abase is often used reflexively, as in 'abase oneself,' and carries a notably formal or literary tone.
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