Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HU-MIL-I-A'TION
HU-MIL-I-A'TION, n.
- The act of humbling; the state of being humbled.
- Descent from an elevated state or rank to one that is low or humble. The former was a humiliation of deity; the latter, a humiliation of manhood. Hooker.
- The act of abasing pride; or the state of being reduced to lowliness of mind, meekness, penitence and submission. The doctrine he preached was humiliation and repentance. Swift.
- Abasement of pride; mortification.
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