self-punishment
Example Sentences
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One may not even send an evil thought as in an anonymous letter, valentine, or register an unexpressed wish without making herself liable to self punishment.
From The Colored Girl Beautiful by Hackley, E. Azalia
Cecil Mitford tore his hair as he counted it in impotent self punishment; two hundred and twenty pounds, and he had expected at least as many thousands!
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant