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self-examiˈnation
[self- 1 a.]
Examination of oneself with regard to one's conduct, motives, etc., esp. as a religious duty.
1647C. Harvey Schola Cordis Introd. 5 Resume thy long-neglected liberty Of selfe-examination. a1700Evelyn Diary 16 Sept. 1655, Preach'd at St. Gregories one Darnell on 4 Psalm 4. concerning the benefit of selfe examination. 1712Addison Spect. No. 317 ⁋10 This kind of self-examination would give them a true state of themselves. 1875Keble Lett. Spir. Counsel lxiv. (ed. 3) 128 Let your self-examination..turn upon the government of your thoughts..towards your fellow-creatures.
So self-eˈxaminant, self-eˈxaminer, self-eˈxamining.
1825Coleridge Aids Refl. 164 If the *Self-examinant will..exchange the safe circle of Religion..for the shifting Sand-wastes..of Speculative Theology.
1710Shaftesbury Charac., Adv. to Author i. i, 'Tis the hardest thing in the world to be a good Thinker, without being a strong *Self-Examiner.
Ibid. iii. iii, There is something valuable in this *self-examining Practice. |