mortification

noun

Etymology: From Middle English mortificacioun, mortification, from Middle French mortification and its etymon Latin mortificātiō. By surface analysis, mortify + -ication.

1. The act of mortifying.
2. 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.”

3. 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. A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
5. A bequest to a charitable institution.