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mortifications

mortifications is the plural of mortification.

Meaning of mortification

Noun

mortification (countable and uncountable, plural mortifications)

  1. The act of mortifying.
  2. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
    • Near-synonym: humiliation
    Synonyms:
    humiliation
    Antonyms:
    honor, exaltation
  3. The death of part of the body.
    • And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 5”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
  4. A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
  5. (historical, chiefly Scots law) A bequest to a charitable institution.

Questions about mortifications

What is mortifications the plural of?
Mortifications is the plural of mortification.

Words near mortifications in the dictionary

  1. mortificated
  2. mortificates
  3. mortificating
  4. mortification
  5. mortification root
  6. mortifications
  7. mortified
  8. mortifiedly
  9. mortifiedness
  10. mortifier
  11. mortifiers

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