indignity

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Corporal punishment is usually argued with a single reference to the case of him who suffers it; and so argued, God knows that it is worthy of all abhorrence: but the weightiest argument against it--is the foul indignity which is offered to our common nature lodged in the person of him on whom it is inflicted.

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  1. noun Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
  2. noun A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
  3. noun Obsolete Lack of dignity or honor.

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  • As if He had not already suffered enough indignity, the executioners took His clothes and nonchalantly gambled for them.
  • The latest indignity is the potential sale of the Canadiens by American meat magnate George Gillett, who reportedly needs cash to pay off loans on his 50 percent share in Liverpool of the English Premier League. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • This indignity was only compounded by school officials, who were unwilling even to inconvenience the offending boy by placing him on a different bus. —  FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
  • That the handlers insisted that she return for more distress, grief and indignity is an example of a coach not looking after the welfare of his player and 'not putting him (her) in the best position to succeed.' —  Hot Air » Top Picks
  • It was not so much the pain he minded as the indignity, and he surveyed himself with gloomy disgust. —  "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character
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hardship ·  humiliation ·  injustice ·  outrage ·  insult ·  atrocity ·  affront ·  disgrace ·  inconvenience ·  ignominy ·  suffer ·  oppression

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indignity:   indignities
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French indignité, from Old French, from Latin indignitās, from indignus, unworthy; see indign.

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  1. =F. indignité = Spanish indignidad = Portuguese indignidade = Italian indignità, indegnità, from Latin indignita(t-)s, unworthiness, unworthy behavior, from indignus, unworthy: see indign.
 

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