Definitions for: Humiliation

[n] depriving one of self-esteem
[n] an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
[n] strong feelings of embarrassment
[n] state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

Webster (1913) Definition: Hu*mil`i*a"tion, n. [L. humiliatio: cf. F.
humiliation.]
1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride;
mortification. --Bp. Hopkins.

2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to
lowliness or submission.

The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a
humiliation of manhood. --Hooker.

Synonyms: abasement, chagrin, mortification, mortification

See Also: abasement, abjection, case, comedown, debasement, degradation, degradation, disgrace, embarrassment, example, ignominy, instance, shame

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