self-abasement

Noun

Meaning

Degradation of one's self by one's own act.

Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

penance self-mortification penalty punishment obedience shame humiliation embarrassment abstinence humility modesty disgrace atonement amends shyness
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Antonyms

bow-wow honor confidence elevation praise disdain
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Hypernyms

penalty punishment penalisation penalization

Examples

Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. Dag Hammarskjöld

Close letter words and terms

self-abandoned self-abandonment self-abased self-abasing self-abhorrence self-abnegating