From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliatio, from humiliare ("to humiliate"); see humiliate.

• IPA: /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/

humiliation

1. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
2. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Season”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC ↗, page 2 ↗:

     Loving and beloved by him, how different would her destiny have been! An utter sense of desolation came over her; a terror of the future, an overwhelming agony in the present. That he, of all others, should be the one to witness her humiliation!

• abasement
• dishonor
• embarrassment
• mortification
• shame

• exaltation
• honor

• humble
• humiliate
• humiliating
• humility

• French: humiliation
• German: Demütigung, Erniedrigung
• Italian: umiliazione
• Portuguese: humilhação
• Russian: униже́ние
• Spanish: humillación

• French: humiliation
• German: Demütigung, Erniedrigung
• Italian: umiliazione, smacco
• Portuguese: humilhação
• Russian: униже́ние
• Spanish: humillación