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Webster 1913 Edition


Abasement

A-base′ment

(ȧ-bās′ment)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
abaissement
.]
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abasement

ABA'SEMENT

,
Noun.
The act of humbling or bringing low; also a state of depression, degradation, or humiliation.

Definition 2024


abasement

abasement

English

Noun

abasement (plural abasements)

  1. The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.][1][2]
  2. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. [Mid 16th century][1][2]
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 17 (ii),
      He was wearing cavalry twill trousers and a buff crew-neck sweater. The effect was of symbolic abasement mixed with military resolve []

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References

  1. 1 2 Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 2.
  2. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2
  • abasement in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • abasement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913