abasement
State of humiliation
Abasement is the state of being humiliated or degraded, or the act of lowering oneself or others in status or dignity.
It often implies willing submission or self-humiliation: His constant abasement before his superiors disgusted his colleagues.
The word carries a formal, somewhat literary tone and suggests a loss of self-respect or honor.
Intense shame or embarrassment
- degradationDecline in condition
- indignityHumiliating or degrading treatment
- dishonorLoss of respect
- disgraceLoss of honor
embarrassment · chagrin · discomfiture · stigma · demoralization · deflation · loss of face · put-down
Yielding to another's judgment
- subservienceExcessive willingness to obey
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- subjugationForcing into submission
yielding · capitulation · docility · meekness · servility · subordination · prostration · genuflection
Moral self-reproach
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
worthlessness · self-condemnation · self-disgust · repentance · regret · inferiority · unworthiness · self-loathing
mortification
Intense shame or embarrassment
- degradationDecline in condition
- indignityHumiliating or degrading treatment
- dishonorLoss of respect
disgrace · embarrassment · chagrin · discomfiture · stigma · demoralization · deflation · loss of face · put-down · belittlement
deference
Yielding to another's judgment
- subservienceExcessive willingness to obey
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
subjugation · yielding · capitulation · docility · meekness · servility · subordination · prostration · genuflection · kowtowing
guilt
Moral self-reproach
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
penitence · worthlessness · self-condemnation · self-disgust · repentance · regret · inferiority · unworthiness · self-loathing · compunction
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal
- humiliationashamed, embarrassed, chagrin, mortified, degradation
- humilityhumbleness, humble, meekness, modesty, modest
- shamingshaming, humiliating, disgracing, dishonoring, degrading
- Penanceconfession booth, act of contrition, contrition, penitent, public penance
- submission gestureskowtow, genuflection, genuflect, genuflecting, prostration
abasementexaltation
Intense joyful elevation
elevation · promotion · advancement · aggrandizement · ennoblement
abasementdignity
Innate personal worth
self-respect · pride · self-esteem · empowerment · honor
abasementhonor
High regard, moral dignity
glorification · exaltation · veneration · acclaim · repute
debase, abase, disabuse, debasement, debased, abased, bas-relief, abases, abasing