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1. (n.) mortification
a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through injury to one's pride or self-respect.
2. mortification
a cause or source of such a feeling.
3. mortification
the practice of asceticism by penitential discipline to overcome desire for sin and to strengthen the will.
4. mortification
the death of one part of a live body; gangrene; necrosis.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL =mortificā(re) (see mortify ) + L -tiō -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) chagrin, humiliation, mortification
strong feelings of embarrassment
2. (noun) necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
3. (noun) humiliation, mortification
an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
"he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
4. (noun) mortification
(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
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1. (noun) mortification
the act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified
2. (noun) mortification
the death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene
3. (noun) mortification
destruction of active qualities; neutralization
4. (noun) mortification
subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body
5. (noun) mortification
hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation
6. (noun) mortification
that which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation
7. (noun) mortification
a gift to some charitable or religious institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain
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