Verb

• S: (v) mortify (practice self-denial of one's body and appetites)
• S: (v) mortify, subdue, crucify (hold within limits and control) "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits) "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
• entailment
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of) "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
• S: (v) necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate (undergo necrosis) "the tissue around the wound necrosed"