self-castigation
noun
self-cas·ti·ga·tion
ˌself-ˌka-stə-ˈgā-shən
plural self-castigations
: punishment, reproof, or criticism of oneself
… that inner voice—in women's guilt and self-castigation around selfishness today.—Lila MacLellan
… beaten down by a steady stream of self-castigations.—Nina Schuyler
self-castigate
intransitive verb
self-castigated; self-castigating; self-castigates
a desire to self-castigate
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