Self-abasement

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-abasement \Self`-a*base"ment\, n.
     1. Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
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     2. Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of
        inferiority, guilt, or shame.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  self-abasement
       n : voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some
           wrongdoing [syn: {penance}, {self-mortification}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-abasement":
     abasement, altruism, comedown, commitment, consecration,
     debasement, dedication, deflation, descent, devotion, disgrace,
     disinterest, disinterestedness, dump, embarrassment, hangdog look,
     humbled pride, humiliation, humility, letdown, modesty,
     mortification, put-down, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial,
     self-devotion, self-diminishment, self-effacement,
     self-forgetfulness, self-immolation, self-neglect,
     self-neglectfulness, self-renouncement, self-sacrifice,
     self-subjection, selflessness, setdown, shame, shamefacedness,
     shamefastness, unacquisitiveness, unpossessiveness,
     unselfishness