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Synonyms & Antonyms of abase
- was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit
Synonyms for abase
- bastardize,
- canker,
- cheapen,
- corrupt,
- debase,
- debauch,
- degrade,
- demean,
- demoralize,
- deprave,
- deteriorate,
- lessen,
- pervert,
- poison,
- profane,
- prostitute,
- subvert,
- vitiate,
- warp
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- I certainly don't abase myself when I do good, honest manual labor
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“Abase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abase. Accessed 24 May. 2022.
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