self-abasement
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-abasement
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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Here, while through the open casement Gently beams the rising day, While, in contrite self abasement, Rev'rently we kneel and pray!
From Poems of the Heart and Home by Yule, J. C.
He passes suddenly from violent irritability to languor, from self-confidence and vanity to extreme self abasement.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.
After a self abasement, which for shame's sake we must pass over, the young man felt happier.
From In Luck at Last by Besant, Walter, Sir
The poor young woman hung down her humbled head, and turned from the chapel door which she had approached with the deep sense of self abasement.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir
She bowed herself again, with a quiet burst of tears, and all indescribable self abasement.
From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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