noun
Refers to the feeling or state of being shamed or disgraced, often as a result of someone's actions. Commonly used in the phrase 辱めを受ける (to be humiliated).
See also: 辱めを受ける
彼は公の場で辱めを受けた。
He was humiliated in public.
その失敗は彼にとって
That failure was a great disgrace for him.
noun
sexual violation; rape
Euphemistic or literary term for sexual assault or rape. Often appears in the phrase 辱めを受ける in contexts of sexual violence.
See also: 辱めを受ける
彼女はその男から辱めを受けたと証言した。
She testified that she was sexually violated by that man.
Derived from the verb 辱める (はずかしめる, to humiliate or disgrace), which itself comes from 恥ずかしい (はずかしい, shameful) with the causative/transitive suffix める. The noun form 辱め nominalizes the verb stem.