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humiliation

 noun
     
hu‧mil‧i‧a‧tion
1 [uncountable] a feeling of shame and great embarrassment, because you have been made to look stupid or weak:
the humiliation of having to ask her parents for money
2 [countable] a situation that makes you feel humiliated:
The government suffered a series of political humiliations.
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