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Definitions

self-punishment

NOUN
hair shirt
Synonyms
WEAK
self-flagellation self-hatred
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-reproach
WEAK
humbling remorsefulness self-castigation
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-castigation self-condemnation self-flagellation 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-castigation self-condemnation self-flagellation self-reproach

Example Sentences

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Even though I’d moved past my crush by then, I felt a surge of embarrassment that quickly morphed into self-punishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Given the painful infertility Pine and her partner have endured themselves, the decision to place herself in a maternity hospital may sound to many like a unique form of self-punishment.

From BBC • May 4, 2022

"As kind of a form of self-punishment, but also trying to keep things a little lighter, I told all the guys that I was going to shave it off whenever we won."

From Fox News • Aug. 26, 2021

“As kind of a form of self-punishment, but also trying to keep things a little lighter, I told all the guys that I was going to shave it off whenever we won.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021

"What good can ashes, hair-cloth, or any kind of self-punishment, or even self-condemnation, do us?"

From From Jest to Earnest by Roe, Edward Payson