| Self-abasement 1. (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act. 2. (n.) Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame. Thesaurus Entries abasement, altruism, comedown, commitment, consecration, debasement, dedication, deflation, descent, devotion, disgrace, disinterest, disinterestedness, dump, embarrassment, hangdog look, humbled pride, humiliation, humility, letdown, modesty, mortification, put-down, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-devotion, self-diminishment, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness, self-immolation, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-renouncement, self-sacrifice, self-subjection, selflessness, setdown, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, unacquisitiveness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness |