Meaning & use
abasement
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The act of humiliating or degrading someone, or the state of being humbled.
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The public apology felt like a deliberate abasement of the disgraced official.
Years of abasement under a controlling boss eroded her confidence.
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A formal, somewhat literary word; 'self-abasement' specifically describes humbling oneself.
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