Usually means: Reduction in rank, status, esteem.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (abasement)

▸ noun:  The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
▸ noun:  The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

Similar:
abjection, degradation, humiliation, humbling, dejection, embasement, abaser, debasement, abjectification, deject, more...

Opposite:
exaltation, uplifting, promotion

Types:
self-abasement, humiliation, degradation, demeaning, debasement, more...

Phrases:
self abasement, more...

Adjectives:
self, deep, such, utter, own, moral, voluntary, complete, profound, abject, humiliating

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Similar:
abjection, degradation, humiliation, humbling, dejection, embasement, abaser, debasement, abjectification, deject, more...

Opposite:
exaltation, uplifting, promotion

Types:
self-abasement, humiliation, degradation, demeaning, debasement, more...

Phrases:
self abasement, more...

Adjectives:
self, deep, such, utter, own, moral, voluntary, complete, profound, abject, humiliating

Colors:
    gray,     black,     charcoal,     taupe,     pewter, more...



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