Humiliation


[hyoo-mil-ee-ey-shuh n or, often, yoo-] /hyuˌmɪl iˈeɪ ʃən or, often, yu-/

noun
1.
an act or instance of or being .
2.
the state or feeling of being ; mortification.
n.

late 14c., from Late Latin humiliationem (nominative humiliatio) “humbling, humiliation,” noun of action from past participle stem of humiliare “to humble,” from humilis “humble” (see humble).

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