abasing

present participle and gerund of abase

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
(archaic, transitive) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
(obsolete, transitive) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.