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What does abashment mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]
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Mr. Garland accepted the introduction with signs of abashment, but stated his business simply.
As soon as Ned and I could recover from our abashment, we also said good morning.
If the latter is the case, that might be cause for at least a slight sense of abashment, if not shame.
The hot blood mounted to the boy's cheek, whether in abashment or in anger would be impossible to say.
He stopped and crossed his eyes, his expression conveying abashment.
He tells that story, without abashment, with pride almost, but then being who he is he can get away with it.

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