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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
mortification
n 1: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin,
humiliation, mortification]
2: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the
interruption of blood supply) [syn: necrosis,
mortification, gangrene, sphacelus]
3: an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or
self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after
another" [syn: humiliation, mortification]
4: (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh
by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or
discomfort inflicted on yourself)
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mortification \Mor`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. mortificatio a
killing. See Mortify.]
1. The act of mortifying, or the condition of being
mortified; especially:
(a) (Med.) The death of one part of an animal body, while
the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some
part of a living animal; gangrene. --Dunglison.
(b) (Alchem. & Old Chem.) Destruction of active qualities;
neutralization. [Obs.] --Bacon.
(c) Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance,
abstinence, or painful severities inflicted on the
body.
[1913 Webster]
The mortification of our lusts has something in
it that is troublesome, yet nothing that is
unreasonable. --Tillotson.
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2. Deep humiliation or shame, from a loss of pride; painful
embarassment, usually arising from exposure of a mistake;
chagrin; vexation.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin,
or vexation.
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It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a
studious man to have his thoughts discovered by a
tedious visit. --L'Estrange.
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4. (Scots Law) A gift to some charitable or religious
institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Chagrin; vexation; shame. See Chagrin.
[1913 Webster]
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
MORTIFICATION, Scotch law. This term is nearly synonymous with mortmain.
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Thesaurus Results for mortification:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Albigensianism, Catharism, Day of Atonement, Franciscanism, Sabbatarianism, Trappism, Waldensianism, Yoga, Yom Kippur, abasement, abashment, abstinence, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, asceticism, austerity, awkwardness, caries, carrion, chagrin, cold purgatorial fires, comedown, confusion, debasement, decay, decomposition, deflation, descent, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, disgrace, distress, disturbance, dry gangrene, dry rot, dump, embarrassment, eremitism, fasting, flagellation, foulness, gangrene, gas gangrene, hair shirt, hangdog look, humbled pride, humiliation, letdown, lustration, maceration, mendicantism, moist gangrene, monachism, monasticism, necrosis, necrotic tissue, noma, penance, penitence, penitential act, penitential exercise, purgation, purgatory, puritanism, put-down, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, repentance, rigor, rot, rottenness, sackcloth and ashes, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-diminishment, self-mortification, setdown, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, slough, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoilage, tooth decay, voluntary poverty |
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Common Misspellings > |
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