Noun mortification has 4 senses
  1. chagrin, humiliation, mortification - strong feelings of embarrassment
    --1 is a kind of embarrassment
    Derived form: verb mortify3
  2. necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
    --2 is a kind of death
    --2 has particulars: myonecrosis
    Derived form: verb mortify4
  3. humiliation, mortification - an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
    --3 is a kind of case, instance, example
    Derived form: verb mortify3
  4. mortification - (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
    --4 is a kind of
    self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
    Derived forms: verb mortify1, verb mortify2
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