noun
Meaning 1
The act of mortifying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mortification
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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US: /ˌmoɹtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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noun
Meaning 2
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonym: humiliation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humiliation
Antonyms: honor, exaltation
noun
Meaning 3
The death of part of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A bequest to a charitable institution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly Scots law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
noun
Meaning 7
an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he had to undergo one humiliation after another
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humiliation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: case, instance, example
noun
Meaning 8
strong feelings of embarrassment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chagrin, humiliation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: embarrassment
noun
Meaning 9
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: death
Narrower terms: myonecrosis
History
Etymology
From Middle English mortificacioun, mortification, from Middle French mortification and its etymon Latin mortificātiō. By surface analysis, mortify + -ication.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: ponížení — act of mortifying
- Czech: zahanbení — act of mortifying
- Czech: ztrapnění — act of mortifying
- Tocharian B: pälśalñe — act of mortifying
- Bulgarian: унижение (uniženie) — a sensation of extreme shame
- Czech: ponížení — a sensation of extreme shame
- Czech: zahanbení — a sensation of extreme shame
- Greek: ταπείνωση (tapeínosi) — a sensation of extreme shame
- Greek: προσβολή (prosvolí) — a sensation of extreme shame
- Japanese: 屈辱 (kutsujoku) — a sensation of extreme shame
- Bulgarian: умъртвяване (umǎrtvjavane) — death of a body part
- Bulgarian: гангрена (gangrena) — death of a body part
- Czech: odumírání — death of a body part
- Greek: νέκρωση (nékrosi) — death of a body part
- Greek: γάγγραινα (gángraina) — death of a body part
- Japanese: 壊死 (eshi) — death of a body part
- Russian: омертве́ние — death of a body part