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mortification
1. The death of a part of the body while the rest is living; gangrene, necrosis.
2. In religious use, the action of mortifying the flesh or its lusts. The subjection of one146;s appetites and passions by the practice of austere living, especially by the self-infliction of bodily pain or discomfort.
3. Something that causes a feeling of shame and humiliation caused by a disappointment, a rebuff or slight, or an untoward accident; the sense of disappointment or vexation.
2. In religious use, the action of mortifying the flesh or its lusts. The subjection of one146;s appetites and passions by the practice of austere living, especially by the self-infliction of bodily pain or discomfort.
3. Something that causes a feeling of shame and humiliation caused by a disappointment, a rebuff or slight, or an untoward accident; the sense of disappointment or vexation.
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
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mort-, mor-, mori-, morti- +
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(Greek: an eating, or gnawing, sore ending in mortification, necrosis, or the death of bodily tissue; usually the result of ischemia or the loss of blood supply to the affected area, bacterial invasion, and subsequent putrefaction)
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self-mortification
1. Self-administered punishment, often as prescribed by religious precepts, because of some perceived fault or flaw.
2. Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing.
2. Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing.
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mort-, mor-, mori-, morti- +
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