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present tense third-person singular of abase
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1
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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2
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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- abashes,
- confounds,
- confuses,
- discomfits,
- disconcerts,
- discountenances,
- embarrasses,
- fazes,
- flusters,
- mortifies,
- nonpluses
- (or nonplusses),
- rattles
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“Abases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abases. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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