mor|ti|fi|ca|tion

mor|ti|fi|ca|tion
mor|ti|fi|ca|tion «MR tuh fuh KAY shuhn», noun.
1. a feeling of shame; humiliation; chagrin: »

mortification at having spilled food on the tablecloth.

SYNONYM(S): embarrassment.
2. a cause or source of shame, humiliation, or chagrin: »

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious wit (Roger L'Estrange).

3. the action of mortifying or state of being mortified: »

the mortification of the body by fasting. I intend to live in continual mortification (Jonathan Edwards).

4. the death of tissues in one part of the body only; gangrene; necrosis: »

His leg had to be amputated because mortification had set in.


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