Associations to the word «Mortification»

Wiktionary

MORTIFICATION, noun. The act of mortifying.
MORTIFICATION, noun. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
MORTIFICATION, noun. (medicine) The death of part of the body.

Dictionary definition

MORTIFICATION, noun. Strong feelings of embarrassment.
MORTIFICATION, noun. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).
MORTIFICATION, noun. An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another".
MORTIFICATION, noun. (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King