What is the humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect called?
setdown — The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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