abasement

From Middle English abaissement, from Middle French abaissement (“astonishment”). Equivalent to abase +‎ -ment. Compare French abaissement.

• IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪs.mənt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪsmənt

abasement (countable and uncountable, plural abasements)

1. The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16^th century.]^[1][2]
2. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. [Mid 16^th century.]^[1][2]
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 17, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     He was wearing cavalry twill trousers and a buff crew-neck sweater. The effect was of symbolic abasement mixed with military resolve […]

• self-abasement

• “abasement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “abasement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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