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abasement

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abase /əˈbeɪs/

▶verb (usu. abase oneself) behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone).

– derivatives
abasement noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. abaissier, from a- (from L. ad ‘to, at’) + baissier ‘to lower’.

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