HUMILIATION


Meaning of HUMILIATION in English

/hyooh mil'ee ay"sheuhn/ or, often, /yooh-/ , n.

1. an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.

2. the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification.

[ 1350-1400; ME humiliation- (s. of humiliatio ). See HUMILIATE, -ION ]

Syn. 2. degradation, dishonor. See shame .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .