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hu⋅mil⋅i⋅a⋅tion

  [hyoo-mil-ee-ey-shuhn or, often, yoo-]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
2. the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL humiliātiōn- (s. of humiliātiō). See humiliate, -ion

Synonyms:
2. degradation, dishonor. See shame.
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hu·mil·i·a·tion   (hyōō-mĭl'ē-ā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of humiliating; degradation.

  2. The state of being humiliated or disgraced; shame.

  3. A humiliating condition or circumstance.

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Word Origin & History

humiliation 
c.1386, from O.Fr. humiliation, from L.L. humiliationem (nom. humiliatio) "humbling, humiliation," from L. humiliare "to humble," from humilis "humble." Humiliate is c.1533, a back-formation of this.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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