2011/6/7 David Ramsey <pooka...@gmail.com>: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:28 PM, William Tanksley, Jr > <wtanksle...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't understand what you mean by "mortification". Taken literally, >> "mortification" means "to kill", or "to make deathlike"; it used to be >> used to describe gangrene. Metaphorically, it means rendering >> powerless, often by humiliation. >> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mortification > > The definition here of "Discipline of the body and the appetites by > self-denial or self-inflicted privation." would come closest, although > I've seen that specific definition described as "self-mortification" > rather than "mortification". Makhleb seems to be about inflicting the > discipline/privation on others (to the point of death, in fact), so I > went with the latter term. Think of extreme ascetics who torture > others more than themselves: it's turned outward instead of inward.
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