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Mortification

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chagrinnounDistress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
humiliationnounThe state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

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humiliationnounThe state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
chagrinnounDistress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
mortalizationnounThe process, or the result of mortalizing
mortgagingverbThe act by which something is mortgaged.
martyrizationnounThe act or process of martyrizing.
dormitionnoun(euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.
committalnounThe act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
chastenmentnounThe act of chastening.
sacrificationnounthe act of a sacrifice
admortisationnounAlternative spelling of admortization. [(historical, law) In feudal law, the reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain.]
self-abasementnounThe abasement of oneself.
shrivingnounThe hearing of a confession of sins.
incremationnoun(archaaic) cremation.
chasteningnounThe act by which somebody is chastened.
comminationnounA formal denunciation; especially one threatening divine punishment.
executionnounThe act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
self-chastisementnounThe act of chastising oneself.
mourningnounFeeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
piationnoun(obsolete) atonement or expiation.
subjugationnounThe state of being subjugated; forced control by others.

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