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Degradation of one's self by one's own act.

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  1. n. Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
  2. n. Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.
  3. n. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
  4. 1. Degradation of one's self by one's own act. 2. Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.
  5. n:100 n voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing