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humiliation

[hyoo-mil-ee-ey-shuhn, yoo-] / hyuˌmɪl iˈeɪ ʃən, yu- /


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A panel of judges at Seoul Central District Court completed Yoon's humiliation on Thursday, sentencing the 65-year-old to life in prison after finding him guilty of insurrection.

From Barron's

That point could have been made without humiliation.

From Los Angeles Times

Yesterday's shift in policy was both a U-turn, and a humiliation for Local Government Secretary Steve Reed.

From BBC

I would apologize, I decided, but I had not abandoned my resolve to avoid any possible pain or public humiliation at Ernest B. Lawson Elementary School.

From Literature

Meg’s jam refuses to gel, Jo salts instead of sugars the strawberries, ambition and reality collide, humiliation stings but eventually becomes something to laugh about.

From The Wall Street Journal