HUMILIA'TION, n. The act of humbling; the state of being humbled. 1. Descent from an elevated state or rank to one that is low or humble. The former was a humiliation of deity; the latter, a humiliation of manhood.2. The act of abasing pride; or the state of being reduced to lowliness of mind, meekness, penitence and submission. The doctrine he preached was humiliation and repentance.3. Abasement of pride; mortification.
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