1. Strong feelings of embarrassment
   "To his mortification, he realized he had forgotten his speech";
   - chagrin, humiliation
    
2. An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
   "he had to undergo one mortification after another";
   - humiliation
    
3. The localized death of living cells, as from infection or the interruption of blood supply
   "Frostbite can lead to tissue mortification if left untreated";
   - necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus
    
4. (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
   "Some ascetics engaged in mortification as a form of spiritual discipline"

Derived forms: mortifications

Type of: case, death, embarrassment, example, instance, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline

Encyclopedia: Mortification