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Shame

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(v. t.) To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.

(2):

(n.) A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.

(3):

(n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

(4):

(n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.

(5):

(n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.

(6):

(n.) To be ashamed; to feel shame.

(7):

(v. t.) To mock at; to deride.

(8):

(v. t.) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shame'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/shame.html. 1828.
 
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