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verb abuse, adulterate, belittle, bring down, brutalize, calumniate, debase, defame, deform, degrade, demean, demote, derogate, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, downgrade, humble, humiliate, lower, pervert, reduce, set down, shame, take down, vitiate, warp

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The Christ who matters is the one who abases himself in the incarnation and crucifixion.

He Became Poor: The Poverty of Christ and Aquinas's Economic Teachings

He abases himself in order to show his superiority, and from his position of the lowest of the low, acts out aggression on others.

Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond

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Pali ndromic triads: not quite Agamemnon

It is in order to reconcile earth with Heaven, that Thou abases Thyself down to it, as if to give it the kiss of peace.

A Lenten Meditation from The Agony of Jesus by Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

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