English

Noun

abasement ‎(plural abasements)

1. The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16^th century.]^[1][2]
2. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. [Mid 16^th century]^[1][2]
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 17 (ii),

     He was wearing cavalry twill trousers and a buff crew-neck sweater. The effect was of symbolic abasement mixed with military resolve […]

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1. 1 2 Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 2.
2. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2

• abasement in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• abasement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913