Usage examples for abasement:

• It was the last step of the long way Harry had travelled- from self- abasement to remorse and awakening conscience, through struggle with appetite to victory over himself, self- abnegation, acquiescence in the great law of retribution, and finally, in his despair, to prayer. "The Long Lane's Turning" – Hallie Erminie Rives

• These diminutive observations seem to take away something from the dignity of writing, and therefore are never communicated but with hesitation, and a little fear of abasement and contempt. "A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland" – Samuel Johnson