Mortification of the flesh literally means "putting the flesh to death". The term is primarily used in religious and spiritual contexts. The institutional and traditional terminology of this practice in Catholicism is corporal mortification.

Mortification of the flesh literally means "putting the flesh to death". The term is primarily used in religious and spiritual contexts. The institutional and traditional terminology of this practice in Catholicism is corporal mortification.

Flagellants are practitioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments.

Her face was construed with mortification.

Mortification - band - was created in 1990.