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self-chastisement

self-chastisement noun: the act of chastising oneself.

Noun

self-chastisement (uncountable)

  1. The act of chastising oneself.
    • […] 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.1892, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 28
    • Wani rarely blushed, or showed embarrassment of any kind, beyond the murmured self-chastisement with which he offered a seat to a lady or confessed his ignorance of some trivial thing.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 8, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

Origin of self-chastisement

From self- + chastisement.

Questions about self-chastisement

What does self-chastisement mean?
Self-chastisement means the act of chastising oneself.
What part of speech is self-chastisement?
Self-chastisement is a noun.

Words near self-chastisement in the dictionary

  1. self-certify
  2. self-certifying
  3. self-changing
  4. self-characterisation
  5. self-characterization
  6. self-chastisement
  7. self-check out
  8. self-check-out
  9. self-checked out
  10. self-checked-out
  11. self-checking out

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