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Definition of Abashment
1. Noun. Feeling embarrassed due to modesty.
Definition of Abashment
1. n. The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.
Definition of Abashment
1. Noun. The state of being abashed; confusion from shame. ¹
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Definition of Abashment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abashment
Literary usage of Abashment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1908)
"... self is but froth and bubble of reality, and our abashment of Nature and
Nature's law is in last analysis abashment before our own idealizing powers. ..."
2. The Interpretation of dreams by Sigmund Freud (1913)
"conclude that the foundation of the dream was at first formed by a phantasy of
overweening ambition, but that only its suppression and its abashment reached ..."
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