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View synonyms for abasement
abasement
[ uh-beys-muhnt ]
noun
- the state or condition of having been reduced in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; degradation:
Her self-respect, even in abasement, has kept her struggling upward.
We must look closely at what is happening to education in our country and challenge its abasement.
- the act of reducing, humbling, or degrading someone or something:
The 1801 agreement led to the abasement of Austria and Prussia and the division of Europe between two great powers, France and Russia.
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