mortification

Etymology

From Middle French mortification, from Old French, from Latin mortificatio.

noun

  1. The act of mortifying.
  2. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
    Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a wife—don't you think it will do her good to let her Pine a little. 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, V.ii
  3. (medicine) The death of part of the body.
  4. A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
  5. (law, Scotland) A bequest to a charitable institution.

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