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noun strong feelings of embarrassment
noun the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
noun an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
originFrom Middle English mortificacioun, mortification, from Middle French mortification and its etymon Latin mortificātiō. By surface analysis, mortify + -ication.
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