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mortification

noun
/ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/UK/ˌmoɹtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/US

Etymology

From Middle English mortificacioun, mortification, from Middle French mortification and its etymon Latin mortificātiō. By surface analysis, mortify + -ication.

  1. derived from mortificātiō
  2. derived from mortification
  3. inherited from mortificacioun,mortification

Definitions

  1. The act of mortifying.

  2. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.

    • Near-synonym: humiliation
    • Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a wife—don't you think it will do her good to let her Pine a little.
    • He felt stunned—mortification, sorrow, and anger, mingled together: the past was like a dream, and the future swam indistinctly before him.

  3. The death of part of the body.

    • And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.

    2. A bequest to a charitable institution.

The neighborhood

Derived

immortification, mortification root

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mortification. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01mortification02embarrassment03bashfulness04bashful05timid06courage07despite08spite

A definitional loop anchored at mortification. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at mortification

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA