Dictionary

abasement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /əˈbeɪs.mənt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abasement.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation or degradation; a feeling of having been reduced in dignity, reputation, stature, self-esteem or respect.
   • He was wearing cavalry twill trousers and a buff crew-neck sweater. The effect was of symbolic abasement mixed with military resolve […] 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 17, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
   • After his actions, my abasement is complete, and I can be humiliated no more.
   • Thomas J. Millay (2022), The Abased Christ, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG: “He wants to emphasize the abasement Christ chose while on Earth.”

Forms

Antonyms

elevation (antonyms of "abasement") · promotion (antonyms of "abasement") · repute (antonyms of "abasement") · reputation (antonyms of "abasement") · exaltation (antonyms of "abasement") · honor (antonyms of "abasement") · aggrandizement (antonyms of "abasement") · standing (antonyms of "abasement") · dignity (antonyms of "abasement") · supremacy (antonyms of "abasement")

Deriveds

self-abasement

Synonyms

degradation (synonyms of "abasement") · dishonor (synonyms of "abasement") · vitiation (synonyms of "abasement") · degeneracy (synonyms of "abasement") · fall (synonyms of "abasement") · debasement (synonyms of "abasement") · deterioration (synonyms of "abasement") · abjection (synonyms of "abasement") · depravation (synonyms of "abasement") · lowering (synonyms of "abasement") · discredit (synonyms of "abasement") · shame (synonyms of "abasement") · degeneration (synonyms of "abasement") · reduction (synonyms of "abasement") · humiliation (synonyms of "abasement") · depression (synonyms of "abasement") · subserviency (synonyms of "abasement") · perversion (synonyms of "abasement")

Translations (48)

is auðmýking (the act of abasing) · ga náiriú (the act of abasing) · de Erniedrigung (the act of abasing) · nb fornedrelse (the act of abasing) · pt aviltamento (the act of abasing) · fr humiliation (the act of abasing) · ms penghinaan (the act of abasing) · it mortificazione (the act of abasing) · ca degradació (the act of abasing) · es rebajamiento (the act of abasing) · fi alennustila (the act of abasing) · nl vernedering (the act of abasing) · ro înjosire (the act of abasing) · gv injillid (the act of abasing) · el ταπείνωση (the act of abasing) · is lítillækkun (the act of abasing) · cy darostyngiad (the act of abasing) · el υποβίβαση (the act of abasing) · pt rebaixe (the act of abasing) · ca humiliació (the act of abasing) · io abaso (the act of abasing) · ia abassamento (the act of abasing) · el εξευτελισμός (the act of abasing) · mi whakamā (the act of abasing) · cy iselhad (the act of abasing) · eo malaltigo (the act of abasing) · id penghinaan (the act of abasing) · arz ذل (the act of abasing) · bg понижение (the act of abasing) · ga uirísliú (the act of abasing) · fi nöyryytys (the act of abasing) · ru униже́ние (the act of abasing) · pt humilhação (the act of abasing) · ro umilire (the act of abasing) · nl kleinering (the act of abasing) · io humiligo (the act of abasing) · nb ydmykelse (the act of abasing) · ar ذُلّ (the act of abasing) · chr ᎡᎳᏗᎾᏅᎡᏁᎲ (the act of abasing) · es humillación (the act of abasing) · bg унижение (the act of abasing) · es abatimiento (the act of abasing) · it umiliazione (the act of abasing) · ro degradare (the act of abasing) · mk понижување (the act of abasing) · fi alennus (the act of abasing) · it degradazione (the act of abasing) · eo humiligo (the act of abasing)