mortification

Noun

• (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

• an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
  • he had to undergo one humiliation after another
    

• the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

• strong feelings of embarrassment

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  humiliation , necrosis , gangrene , sphacelus , chagrin