Shame Definition, according to Merriam-Webster:
- a : a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety b : the susceptibility to such emotion <have you no shame?>
- 2: a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute : ignominy <the shame of being arrested>
- 3a : something that brings censure or reproach; also : something to be regretted : pity <it's a shame you can't go>b : a cause of feeling shame