Word: abasement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
base
ment
Definition: The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. ./
Morphemes:
Affix: abase
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: a-
Language: fro
Decoded: a-
Meaning: prefix indicating movement towards something
Affix: baissier
Language: fro
Decoded: baissier
Meaning: to lower
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.