mortify

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

verb To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.
verb To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.
verb To kill.
verb To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
verb To affect with vexation or chagrin.
He seemed to enjoy mortifying them with news of every fresh hell loosed in the capital.
verb To scare.
Please don't mortify your mother by telling her what a stupidly dangerous thing you did last night.
verb To humble; to depress.
verb To grant in mortmain.