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Mortification   Listen
noun
Mortification  n.  
1.
The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified; especially:
(a)
(Med.) The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene.
(b)
(Alchem. & Old Chem.) Destruction of active qualities; neutralization. (Obs.)
(c)
Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, abstinence, or painful severities inflicted on the body. "The mortification of our lusts has something in it that is troublesome, yet nothing that is unreasonable."
2.
Deep humiliation or shame, from a loss of pride; painful embarassment, usually arising from exposure of a mistake; chagrin; vexation.
3.
That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation. "It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts discovered by a tedious visit."
4.
(Scots Law) A gift to some charitable or religious institution; nearly synonymous with mortmain.
Synonyms: Chagrin; vexation; shame. See Chagrin.





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"Mortification" Quotes from Famous Books



... of all orders," explained Father Baby, "from their earliest foundations, have counted it a worthy mortification of the flesh to till the ground. And be ready to refresh me without grinning, when I come back muddy from performing the labor to which I might send you, if I were a man who loved sinful ease. Monastic habits are above the understanding of ...
— Old Kaskaskia • Mary Hartwell Catherwood
... it were ended now," she exclaimed, trembling with anger and mortification. Her voice was choked by emotion, and broken by smothered sobs. Louis Bastine thought to himself, "she is a real spitfire, but beautiful even in ...
— Iola Leroy - Shadows Uplifted • Frances E.W. Harper
... a terrible mortification to her; she felt for her husband, and she felt for the disappointment of the girls, ...
— Aunt Mary • Mrs. Perring
... first difficulty was removed, another rose up before me. Would Margaret speak to me? Was she, perhaps, searching for opportunities of mortification, and would refuse the indulgence permitted? I knew as much of the King's Court, as much of a knightly tournament, as I knew of that sealed-up heart of hers. Should I be ...
— In Convent Walls - The Story of the Despensers • Emily Sarah Holt
... hibrida. monk : monahxo. monkey : simio. monster : monstro. mood : modo. moor : stepo, erikejo; "(—a ship)" alligi. moral : morala, bonmora. mortar : mortero, "(a—)" pistujo. mortgage : hipoteko. mortify : cxagreni; gangrenigxi. mortification : (med.), gangrene. mosaic : mozaiko. mosquito : moskito. moss : musko. moth : ("clothes"—), tineo. motive : motivo. motto : devizo, moto. mould : model'i, -ilo; tero, sximo. mound : altajxeto, remparo, digo. mourn ...
— The Esperanto Teacher - A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians • Helen Fryer


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