(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷lēˈāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English humiliacioun, from Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliation-, humiliatio, from humiliatus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the act of humiliating
His incarnation was the humiliation of His godhead — R.J.Wilberforce
b. : the state of being humiliated
what submission, what cringing and fawning, what servility, what abject humiliation — Charles Dickens
2. : an instance of humiliation
watched China undergo one humiliation after another — E.P.Snow