humiliationn.
/ˌhjuːmɪlɪˈeɪʃən/ a. The action of humiliating or condition of being humiliated; humbling, abasement. Formerly often = humbled or humble condition, humility.
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the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun]
bismerc893
humiliationc1386
lowinga1398
dejectionc1450
avale?a1513
depression?1531
embasing1551
abasement1561
debasement1593
mortification1598
exinanitiona1631
demissiona1638
dejectment1656
depressure1656
dismounting1677
letting down1827
take-down1858
snubbing1861
scoring1893
deflation1958
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋406 The ferthe [manere of humylitee] is whan he nys nat sory of his humiliacion.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos iv. 18 Eneas knelyd doun on bothe his knees, bi grete humylyacyon of herte.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.vi Tha war ordanit also for our humiliatioun instructioun, & spiritual exercitioun.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 110 Receiving penitents..having first before this washing testified their humiliation by fasting and prayer.
1647 Humble Advice Assembly of Divines conc. Shorter Catech. (new ed.) 11 Christ as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a Prophet, of a Priest, and of a King, both in his estate of Humiliation and Exaltation.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 65 Yes, said Prudence,..it is an hard matter for a man to go down into the valley of Humiliation, as thou art now, and to catch no slip by the way. View more context for this quotation
1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 353 On the 10th, We kept a day of Fasting and Humiliation.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlii. 135 Where will the humiliation of this country end!
1848 R. I. Wilberforce Incarnation (1852) vi. 162 As His Incarnation was the humiliation of His Godhead, so was His death the humiliation of His earthly nature.
1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xiii. 273 I think ‘humiliation’ is a very different condition of mind from humility. ‘Humiliation’ no man can desire; it is shame and torture.
b. with a and plural.
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the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > instance of
humiliation1526
snub1748
set-down1780
squabash1818
a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1861
throwdown1887
put-down1932
a kick in the pants1933
ass-kicking1943
a kick in the teeth1972
bitch slap1987
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBviiv Many voluntary humilyacions is the way to perfyte mekenesse.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xvi. 114 Nor would he ever pay the least regard to the humiliations and supplications of some among them.
1837 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Bacon in Ess. (1887) 383 Incensed by multiplied wrongs and humiliations.
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