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ABASHMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abashment mean?
• ABASHMENT (noun)
The noun ABASHMENT has 1 sense:
1. feeling embarrassed due to modesty
Familiarity information: ABASHMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeling embarrassed due to modesty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
abashment; bashfulness
Hypernyms ("abashment" is a kind of...):
embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)
Derivation:
abash (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)
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