What does self-abasement mean?

self-abasement means "voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing".

How many syllables are in self-abasement?

self-abasement has 5 syllables: sel-f-a-ba-se-ment. The stress falls on "ba".

What is another word for self-abasement?

Close synonyms include penance, self-mortification. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-abasement a common word?

self-abasement is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

self-abasement — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Synonymspenance self-mortification
Broaderpunishment

Questions about self-abasement

What does self-abasement mean?: self-abasement means "voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing".
How many syllables are in self-abasement?: self-abasement has 5 syllables: sel-f-a-ba-se-ment. The stress falls on "ba".
What is another word for self-abasement?: Close synonyms include penance, self-mortification. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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