Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Abasement has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
a low or downcast state
"each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"
depriving one of self-esteem
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
The word comes from the Middle French term abaissement, which originally meant "astonishment." It is formed by combining the verb abase with the suffix -ment.