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| mor·ti·fi·ca·tion [ màwrtəfi káysh'n ] (plural mor·ti·fi·ca·tions) |
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1. shame: deep shame and humiliation
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2. something causing mortification: something that causes a feeling of deep shame and humiliation
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3. religion self-imposed hardship: the use of self-imposed discipline, hardship, abstinence from pleasure, and especially self-inflicted pain in an attempt to control or put an end to desires and passions, especially for religious purposes
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4. medicine death and decay of living tissue: the death and decaying of a part of a living body, e.g. because the blood supply to it has been cut off
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< late Latin mortificatio(n-) "destruction" < Latin mortificat- past participle of mortificare (see mortify)] |
