mortification

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of mortifying.
2. (countable, uncountable)A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.

   “Near-synonym: humiliation”

   “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.”

   “He felt stunned—mortification, sorrow, and anger, mingled together: the past was like a dream, and the future swam indistinctly before him.”

   “The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.”

3. (countable, uncountable)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.”

4. (countable, uncountable)A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
5. (countable, historical, uncountable)A bequest to a charitable institution.