mortification

[ mawr-tuh-fi-key-shuh n ]
/ ˌmɔr tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
a cause or source of such humiliation or shame.
the practice of asceticism by penitential discipline to overcome desire for sin and to strengthen the will.
Pathology. the death of one part of the body while the rest is alive; gangrene; necrosis.

Origin of mortification

1350–1400; Middle English mortificacion < Late Latin mortificātiōn- (stem of mortificātiō), equivalent to morti- (see mortify) + -ficatiōn- -fication

SYNONYMS FOR mortification

1 See shame.

OTHER WORDS FROM mortification

pre·mor·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun

Example sentences from the Web for mortification

British Dictionary definitions for mortification

mortification
/ (ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

a feeling of loss of prestige or self-respect; humiliation
something causing this
Christianity the practice of mortifying the senses
another word for gangrene

Medical definitions for mortification

mortification
[ môr′tə-fĭ-kāshən ]

n.

Death or decay of one part of a living body; gangrene; necrosis.