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self-reproaches

self-reproaches is the plural of self-reproach.

Meaning of self-reproach

Noun

self-reproach (countable and uncountable, plural self-reproaches)

  1. Blame or condemnation directed at the self, as by the conscience.
    • Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 29

Questions about self-reproaches

What is self-reproaches the plural of?
Self-reproaches is the plural of self-reproach.

Words near self-reproaches in the dictionary

  1. self-reporting
  2. self-reports
  3. self-repper
  4. self-reppers
  5. self-reproach
  6. self-reproaches
  7. self-repugnant
  8. self-rescuer
  9. self-rescuers
  10. self-resolving
  11. self-respect

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