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Example sentences from the Web for self-punishmentNor, as it was, did she fully understand why he chose to use it—unless that he meant it in self-punishment. The Fighting Chance|Robert W. Chambers These evidences of an impulse to look on correction as a quite proper thing are corroborated by stories of self-punishment. Children's Ways|James Sully How could he appease the wrath of Him who died on the cross, save by years of bitter supplication and self-punishment? No more weary vigils in a room dedicated to remorse and self-punishment. Dark Hollow|Anna Katherine Green
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nounthe act or an instance of punishing oneself Words nearby self-punishmentself-propelled, self-propulsion, self-protection, self-publish, self-published, self-punishment, self-purification, self-questioning, self-raising, self-realization, self-recording Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-punishmentrepentance, penance, contrition, compunction, regret, humiliation, degradation, qualm, sadness, rue, grief, remorse, contriteness, debasement, attrition, ruth, anguish, scruple, distress, self-condemnation |