humbling
noun C1- An event which causes humiliation; a setdown.
Plural humblings
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Still, I’ll never be good at it and I assure you it is a humbling reflection.
I write without any intention of paining you, or humbling myself, by dwelling on wishes, which, for the happiness of both, cannot be too soon forgotten; and the effort which the formation and the perusal of this letter must occasion, should have been spared, had not my character required it to be written and read.
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