Mortification
Related Definitions
[n] (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
[n] an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
[n] strong feelings of embarrassment
[n] the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Related Terms
abasement, abashment, abstinence, Albigensianism, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, asceticism, austerity, awkwardness, caries, carrion, Catharism, chagrin, cold purgatorial fires, comedown, confusion, Day of Atonement, debasement, decay, decomposition