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self-chastisement

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of chastising oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1892, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 28, [...] in almost a terror of ecstasy Tess divined that, despite her many months of lonely self-chastisement, wrestlings, communings, schemes to lead a future of austere isolation, love's counsel would prevail.

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History

Etymology

From self- + chastisement.