noun destruction of active qualities; neutralization.
2. mortification ·noun the act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified.
3. mortification ·noun that which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation.
4. mortification ·noun a gift to some charitable or religious institution;
nearly synonymous with mortmain.
5. mortification ·noun hence: deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
6. mortification ·noun subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body.
7. mortification ·noun 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.