Both Uses of
abase
in
The House of Mirth
- If anything was needed to put the last touch to her self-abasement it was the sense of the way her old life was opening its ruts again to receive her.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- She flamed with anger and abasement, and the sickening need of having to conciliate where she longed to humble.†
Chpt 1.13
Definition:
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(abase) treat as if of low worth -- often of self