Humiliation (8)
'humiliation' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for shame that I've seen before include "scandal" , "Disgrace - Salman Rushdie novel" , "Disgrace, ignominy" , "Painful emotion resulting from guilt" , "Feeling of humiliation" .)
(Other definitions for ignominy that I've seen before include "Disgrace, odium" , "Public dishonour" , "terrible disgrace?" , "State of disgrace or humiliation" , "Public shame or disgrace" .)
(Other definitions for downfall that I've seen before include "Loss of power or prosperity, a serious tumble" , "Collapse, ruin" , "burst of rain" , "Ruin; heavy shower" , "Cloudburst" .)
'humiliation' is the definition.
(I know that humiliation can be written as chagrin)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for chagrin that I've seen before include "Annoyance at having been humiliated" , "Embarrassment - rich nag (anag)" , "Feeling of annoyance and embarrassment" , "Emotion" , "Shame at one's failure" .)
'humiliation' is the definition.
(abasement is a kind of humiliation)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for abasement that I've seen before include "demeaning" , "Degradation" , "Putting down" , "will humiliate us" , "Demotion" .)