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mortify
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mortify
v.
shame, humiliate; get gangrene; suppress fleshly desires for spiritual discipline
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Mortification
Mortification can refer to:
- Mortification (theology), theological doctrine
- Mortification of the flesh, religious practice of corporal mortification
- Mortification of self, personality disruption experienced by individuals in a total institution or settings with similar characteristics
- Mortification in Roman Catholic teaching, Roman Catholic doctrine of mortification
- Mortification (band), a Christian extreme metal band
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mortify
Verb
1. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
(hypernym) subdue, cricify
(derivation) mortification
2. hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
(synonym) subdue, cricify
(hypernym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
(entail) abstain, refrain, desist
(derivation) mortification
3. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
(synonym) humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase
(hypernym) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
(hyponym) crush, smash, demolish
(derivation) chagrin, humiliation, mortification
4. undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
(synonym) necrose, gangrene, sphacelate
(hypernym) waste, rot
(derivation) necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
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mortify
v.
ponížit; zahanbit
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mortify
Czas.
zawstydzać; żenować
