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

The need for a certain amount of self-castigation is implanted in all of us, and it is satisfied in the form of confession.

From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Strunsky, Simeon

In his desire for self-castigation he lost sight of the pain he would inflict upon her.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles

The first tempest of misery, and rebellion, and self-castigation had given place to sheer exhaustion.

From The Great Amulet by Diver, Maud

self-castigation

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