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mortification

English

  1. 🔊 (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
  2. 🔊 an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
    “he had to undergo one humiliation after another”
  3. 🔊 the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
  4. 🔊 strong feelings of embarrassment

Spanish

  1. 🔊 mortificación mortification

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humiliation chagrin humiliation necrosis gangrene sphacelus albigensianism catharism day of atonement franciscanism sabbatarianism trappism waldensianism yoga yom kippur abasement abashment abstinence anchoritic monasticism anchoritism asceticism austerity awkwardness caries