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abashment
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun abashment has 1 sense
- abashment(n = noun.feeling) bashfulness - feeling embarrassed due to modesty; Array is a kind of embarrassment
Derived form verb abash1
CIDE DICTIONARY
abashment, n. [Cf. F. ébahissement.].
The state of being abashed; confusion from shame. [1913 Webster]
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