noun
Meaning 1
The abasement of oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
self-abasement
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noun
Meaning 2
voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: penance, self-mortification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English abasement English self-abasement From self- + abasement.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: самапрыніжэ́нне (samaprynižénnje) — self-abasement
- Danish: selvfornedrelse — self-abasement
- Dutch: zelfvernedering — self-abasement
- German: Selbsterniedrigung — self-abasement
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (unfreideins) — self-abasement
- Greek: αυτοταπείνωση (aftotapeínosi) — self-abasement
- Russian: самоуниже́ние (samounižénije) — self-abasement
- Swedish: självförnedring — self-abasement
- Ukrainian: самоприни́ження (samoprynýžennja) — self-abasement