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abashment|əˈbæʃmənt|
Forms: 5 abaysshment, abaschement; 6 abasshement, abashement; 6– abashment.
[ad. OFr. abaïssement = esbahissement, ébahissement, n. of action f. abaïr, esbahir. see abash and -ment.]
Confusion from surprise, shame, or sudden check; confusion of face.
c1410Love Bonaventura's Spec. V. Chr. iii. (Gibbs MS.) As þe perfyte meke may not here his praysynge wyth owten abaschment and schame fastnesse. 1489Caxton Faytes of Armes i. xv. 43 They were dysconfyted more by abaysshment than by armes. 1523State Papers Hen. VIII, IV. 36 An abashment and grete discorage to all those that be of the Frenche faccion. 1600Abbot Jonah 423 That speech of the great abashment of his people should be brought to the King. 1749Walpole Lett. to H. Mann No. 200 (1834) II. 271 To the great abashment of the Jacobites. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iv. vii. 168 (1871) On her countenance there was visible neither abashment nor pride. |