'abasement' definitions:
Definition of 'abasement'
(from WordNet)
noun
A low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: abasement, degradation, abjection]
noun
Depriving one of self-esteem [syn: humiliation, abasement]
Synonyms of 'abasement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bump,
- bust,
- casting down,
- comedown,
- debasement,
- deflation,
- degradation,
- degrading,
- demotion,
- depluming,
- descent,
- disgrace,
- disgrading,
- displuming,
- downgrading,
- dump,
- embarrassment,
- hangdog look,
- humbled pride,
- humbling,
- humiliation,
- letdown,
- mortification,
- put-down,
- reduction,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- stripping of rank