Definition of Mortification

Noun: mortification  ,mor-ti-fi'key-shun

1. Strong feelings of embarrassment
   - chagrin, humiliation
    
2. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
   - necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus
    
3. An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
   "he had to undergo one mortification after another";
   - humiliation
    
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)

See also:
morticing
mortifications