self-aˈbasing, ppl. a.
[self- 1 f.]
Marked by, involving, or requiring self-abasement.
| 1656 Owen Mortif. Sin xii. (1668) 128 This self-abasing Consideration. 1793 Cowper Let. to J. Johnson Wks. 1837 XV. 253 The self-abasing doctrines of the gospel. 1822 Jas. MacDonald Mem. Jos. Benson 330 Their joyful and self-abasing reflections. |