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SELF-ABASEMENT

• SELF-ABASEMENT (noun)
The noun SELF-ABASEMENT has 1 sense:

1. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

Familiarity information: SELF-ABASEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

• SELF-ABASEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

self-abasement; self-mortification; penance

Hypernyms ("self-abasement" is a kind of...):

penalisation; penalization; penalty; punishment (the act of punishing)

"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value."
(English proverb)
"It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest."
(Native American proverb, Anishinabe)
"If you hear a person talking good about things that aren't in you, don't be sure that he wouldn't also say bad things about things that aren't in you."
(Arabic proverb)
"Long live the headdress, because hats come and go."
(Corsican proverb)

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