mortification
Noun
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Noun
mortification
- The act of mortifying.
- A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
- (medicine) The death of part of the body.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
- And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
- A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
- (legal, Scotland) A bequest to a charitable institution.
- (a sensation of extreme shame) shame, humiliation
- (a sensation of extreme shame) honor, exaltation
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