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noun

abasement

a low or downcast state

In a sentence

Six example sentences with abasement, each labelled with its topic.

  • The defeated general's abasement was complete: stripped of rank, he spent his last years copying letters for a country notary.

    History

  • The novel follows a proud banker from his corner office to an abasement he never once admits aloud.

    Literature

  • Some monastic writers treated abasement as a discipline, teaching that a man who kneels in the dust sees more clearly.

    Philosophy

  • After the failed exam he sank into an abasement so deep that praise from anyone sounded like mockery.

    Psychology

  • The senator's public abasement lasted a full afternoon, as he read out each error before a silent committee.

    Politics

  • The film charts a star's abasement from red carpets to a rented room, and never lets him blame anyone else.

    Movies

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