eng: mortification

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Meaning
means	(noun) strong feelings of embarrassment humiliation, mortification, chagrin
means	(noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) necrosis, sphacelus, gangrene, mortification
means	(noun) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another" mortification, humiliation
means	(noun) (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) mortification