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Noun: humiliation  hyoo,mi-lee'ey-shun
  1. State of disgrace or loss of self-respect
     
  2. Strong feelings of embarrassment
    - chagrin, mortification
     
  3. An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
    "he had to undergo one humiliation after another";
    - mortification
     
  4. Depriving one of self-esteem
    - abasement

Derived forms: humiliations

Type of: case, debasement, degradation, disgrace, embarrassment, example, ignominy, instance, shame

Encyclopedia: Humiliation