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noun
1.
a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
2.
a cause or source of such humiliation or shame.
3.
the practice of asceticism by penitential discipline to overcome desire for sin and to strengthen the will.
4.
Pathology. the death of one part of the body while the rest is alive; gangrene; necrosis.
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Mortification
has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| given to using long words. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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World English Dictionary
| mortification (ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a feeling of loss of prestige or self-respect; humiliation |
| 2. | something causing this |
| 3. | Christianity the practice of mortifying the senses |
| 4. | another word for gangrene |
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Word Origin & History
mortification
late 14c., "mortifying the flesh," from L.L. mortificationem (nom. mortificatio), from pp. of mortificare (see mortify). Sense of "feeling of humiliation" first recorded 1640s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
mortification mor·ti·fi·ca·tion (môr'tə-fĭ-kā'shən)
n.
Death or decay of one part of a living body; gangrene; necrosis.
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