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      shame
      noun
      An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
      Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
      Something to regret.
      The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
      The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
      That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
      verb
      (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
      (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
      (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
      (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
      (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
      (obsolete, transitive) To mock at; to deride.
      adjective
      (Australian Aboriginal) Feeling shame; ashamed.
      Synonyms for shame
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      Words related to shame
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