self abasement, n.All

Self-abasement (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠truly be spoken as I am filth, for anyone penetrated by that truth would have to go mad or change himself.

Self-abasement (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no correspondence with real desert: a good, capable, conscientious woman speaks no better of herself in melancholia than one who is worthless — and is likelier to fall ill.

Self-abasement (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠casts oneself away like a slave, a naught, a burden is not resignation carried to extremes, as she supposes, but underbidding.