mortification

English

Etymology

From Middle French mortification, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from Latin mortificatio.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

mortification (countable and uncountable, plural mortifications)

1. The act of mortifying.
2. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

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.

4. A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
5. (law, Scotland) A bequest to a charitable institution.

Synonyms

• (a sensation of extreme shame): shame, humiliation

Antonyms

• (a sensation of extreme shame): honor, exaltation

Translations

act of mortifying

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a sensation of extreme shame

• Greek: ταπείνωση (el) f (tapeínosi), προσβολή (el) f (prosvolí)
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• Japanese: 屈辱 (ja) (kutsujoku)

death of a body part

• Czech: odumírání n, ponížení n
• Greek: νέκρωση (el) f (nékrosi), γάγγραινα (el) f (gángraina)
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• Japanese: 壊死 (ja) (eshi)
• Russian: омертвение (omertvenije) (ткани (tkani)) (omertvénije (tkáni)) n