It is uncertain, after this decisive step, whether even the year of jubilee brought him release; and the contrary seems to be implied in his always bearing about in his body an indelible and degrading mark.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
But whatever Athena knew or did not know, any allusion to what had happened would be degrading to them both.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Destroy that, and it is mere slavery, abject and degrading.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever