self-abasement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
    penance; self-mortification.

WordNet


Self`-a*base"ment noun
Definitions
  1. Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
  2. Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.

Webster 1913