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adjective

Definition of abasednext
as in degraded

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abased

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verb

past tense of abase
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as in humiliated
to lower in character, dignity, or quality was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit

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as in discredited
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes I certainly don't abase myself when I do good, honest manual labor

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