self-reproofn.
/ˌsɛlfrᵻˈpruːf/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfrəˈpruf/ Reproof or censure of oneself; (severe) self-reproach. Also (and in earliest use): an instance of this; a reproving thought or utterance about oneself.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > self-reproach
self-condemnation1591
self-accusing1602
self-reproving1608
self-accusation1616
self-reproofa1631
self-reflection1656
self-reproach1683
self-reproachment1802
self-reproval1823
self-reproachingness1850
guilt trip1972
a1631 J. Donne LXXX Serm. (1640) xxxvi. 358 This is a self-reproofe; even in this, though he will not suffer it to break out to the edification of others, there is some kinde of chiding himself for some thing mis-done.
1716 W. Tunstall tr. St Cyprian's Disc. to Donatus 22 They think themselves acquitted of the Ill; Laugh at the Shinings [ed. 2 (1716): Stingings] of a Self-Reproof, As if that Plague, alone, were not enough.
1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles lxiv. 278 He indulged them [sc. Iniquities] without Self-Reproof.
1829 E. C. Grey Trials of Life I. xiv. 171 What regret, what self-reproof we should be spared!
1889 G. Gissing Nether World II. xii. 254 Doubts and dreads and self-reproofs might still visit her from hour to hour.
1920 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 17 Oct. 7/6 He opened his eyes with a muttered self reproof.
2000 Australian (Nexis) 12 July b9 The phrase ‘no whit abashed’ might have been invented for him. But Christopher did now seem to be entertaining the conception of self-reproof.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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