What does abasement mean?
Abasement means The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low..
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/əˈbeɪs.mənt/ · noun
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low..
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Thomas J. Millay (2022), The Abased Christ, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG: “He wants to emphasize the abasement Christ chose while on Earth.”
He was wearing cavalry twill trousers and a buff crew-neck sweater. The effect was of symbolic abasement mixed with military resolve […]
Use abasement when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Abasement means The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low..
Common synonyms include abjection, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration.
Possible antonyms include aggrandizement, dignity, elevation, exaltation.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abasement.
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