abashment
n.a feeling of being embarrassed or ashamed. You might feel this after making a mistake in front of other people.
n.a state of embarrassment, confusion, or shame. Often used to describe the visible or internal reaction to a social faux pas.
“He looked away in abashment after his mistake.”
“She felt a wave of abashment when she realized she had been calling her new boss by the wrong name all morning.”
“The speaker's initial abashment at the technical failure quickly vanished as the audience began to cheer in support of his improvised explanation.”
Typically functions as an uncountable noun; frequently follows the preposition 'in' to describe a person's reaction.
From Middle English abaisshment, from Middle French abaissement (“astonishment”) alteration of esbaissement, from esbaiss + -ment. Compare French ébahissement. Equivalent to abash + -ment.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.