abasing

I'm not interested in abasing myself in front of others for whom an "apology" isn't owed.

How often? I don't! JDsg 2006

I'm not interested in abasing myself in front of others for whom an "apology" isn't owed.

Archive 2006-02-01 JDsg 2006

7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

If there's one thing that marks the era of modern-day economic policy making, it's that the policymakers are increasingly cocooned from personally living with -- and suffering from -- the impact of their decisions (I'd love to watch a few senators travel coach for a month before approving yet another dignity-abasing piece of security theater at the airport).

Les McKeown: The Vital Missing Voice in the Economic Recovery Debate Is Someone You've Never Heard of Les McKeown 2010

If there's one thing that marks the era of modern-day economic policy making, it's that the policymakers are increasingly cocooned from personally living with -- and suffering from -- the impact of their decisions (I'd love to watch a few senators travel coach for a month before approving yet another dignity-abasing piece of security theater at the airport).

Les McKeown: The Vital Missing Voice in the Economic Recovery Debate Is Someone You've Never Heard of Les McKeown 2010

One could view it as a basically positive form of sexual expression that carries certain reputational risks, or one could view it as intrinsicly corruptive and self-abasing.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Challenge to High School Policy That Excludes from Extracurricular Activities Students Whose Out-of-School Speech “Reflects Discredit Upon [the] High School” 2010

The ritual self-abasing “apology” that this gal was either required to or felt forced to make.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up. 2010

His dry and occasionally self-abasing memoir, published in 1995, traced his uncertain path to the top tier of Britain's literary firmament.

Frank Kermode Dead: Respected English Literary Critic And Shakespeare Scholar Dies At 90 2010

The ritual self-abasing “apology” that this gal was either required to or felt forced to make.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up. 2010

I mainly wanted to escape the beggar's smell and his self-abasing false gratitude.

The Busybody Society 2010