English Dictionary

mortification

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 スコットランド英語

The act of mortifying. / A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment. / (medicine) The death of part of the body.

日本語の意味

苦行、自己懲罰（自らを罰する行為） / 極度の恥辱や当惑 / （医学用語として）部分組織の壊死

He used mortification as a spiritual discipline to subdue his desires.

彼は欲望を抑えるための霊的な修練として、自分を苦しめる行為を行った。

意味（1）

The act of mortifying.

意味（2）

A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.

Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a wife—don't you think it will do her good to let her Pine a little.

意味（3）

(medicine) The death of part of the body.

And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.

意味（4）

A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.

意味（5）

(law, Scotland) A bequest to a charitable institution.

mortifications （ plural ）