self-castigation

NOUN

penitence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contrition penance repentance

STRONG

anguish attrition compunction contriteness debasement degradation distress grief humiliation qualm regret remorse rue ruefulness ruth sadness scruple self-condemnation self-flagellation self-punishment self-reproach

WEAK

humbling remorsefulness

Antonyms

STRONG

approval comfort contentedness elevation happiness joy satisfaction

WEAK

shamelessness

NOUN

penitency

Synonyms

WEAK

anguish attrition compunction contriteness contrition debasement degradation distress grief humbling humiliation penance qualm regret remorse remorsefulness repentance rue ruefulness ruth sadness scruple self-condemnation self-flagellation self-punishment self-reproach

NOUN

remorsefulness

Synonyms

WEAK

anguish attrition compunction contriteness contrition debasement degradation distress grief humbling humiliation penance penitency qualm regret remorse repentance rue ruefulness ruth sadness scruple self-condemnation self-flagellation self-punishment self-reproach

Example Sentences

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His pouty Elvis face folded into a frown of self-castigation.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2018

Reflecting on this controversy need not lead only to self-castigation.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2016

Too much knowledge had held him back, too many holy verses, too many sacrificial rules, to much self-castigation, so much doing and striving for that goal!

From Siddhartha by Hesse, Hermann

He took a fiercely angry pleasure in self-castigation for having wished to be happy.

From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Cannan, Gilbert

Even in his seventh year he began to practice austerities and self-castigation, which he kept up through his life.

From The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches by Jordan, David Starr

self-castigation

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