mor·ti·fi·ca·tion 
(môr′tə-fĭ-kāshən)
(môr′tə-fĭ-kāshən)n.
1. A feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride.
2. Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially when undertaken for religious reasons.
3. Death or decay of living tissue; gangrene.