self-flagellation

Watching Federer play tennis is still a religious experience, in the self-flagellation sort of way.

In other words, this is how apologies should happen—with some level of genuine-seeming self-flagellation.

When Meredith finally kicks Walter out, he resorts to self-flagellation before attempting to commit suicide.

Seeing it gave me the same feeling of unease and repulsion I had whenever witnessing self-flagellation.

That kind of sex is drama sex, sex charged with regret and self-flagellation.

In the preceding case we see a tendency to erotic self-flagellation which in a minor degree is not uncommon.

Everywhere self-flagellation, almsgiving, prophetic ecstasies and trances, the scholars and the mob at one in joyous belief.