immortification

noun

im·​mortification

(¦)i(m)+

archaic

: a lack of discipline (as of bodily appetites and desires)

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin immortificatus disciplined, from Latin in- in- entry 2 + Late Latin mortificatus, past participle of mortificare to mortify

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