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Webster 1913 Edition


Abashment

A-bash′ment

(-ment)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
ébahissement
.]
The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abashment

ABASH'MENT

,
Noun.
Confusion from shame. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


abashment

abashment

English

Noun

abashment (plural abashments)

  1. The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.][2]

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References

  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 2
  2. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2