mortification

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

mortification (plural mortifications)

1. The act of mortifying.
2. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
3. (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.

Translations

act of mortifying

a sensation of extreme shame

death of a body part

• Czech: odumírání (cs) n, ponížení (cs) n

• Russian: омертвение (ткани) (omertvénije (tkáni)) n