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self-abasement
noun
Self-punishment in order to atone for some real or imagined wrongdoing.
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Bankhead's self-abasement isn't moving.
Some kind of self-abasement.
(A lie. Grovelling self-abasement might help).
He smiles with the pleasure of mild self-abasement.
A little self-abasement was a price worth paying".
Aggressive self-abasement, grandstanding, veiled abuse, genuine thoughtfulness, thin-skinned pandering — it's all there.
It's also a chop-licking self-abasement, gratified by the patronage of grown-ups.
Their weight sagas inevitably include self-abasement as a springboard to their new selves.
She conveys Anger, Self-Abasement, Sorrow and Fear very clearly and, on occasion, convincingly.
The redemptive love only drives Terry deeper into his old habits of light-hearted self-abasement.
Fame — proximity to it, self-abasement in pursuit of it — became an enduring theme.
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