What does self-chastisement mean?
Self-chastisement means The act of chastising oneself..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The act of chastising oneself..
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.
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.
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Self-chastisement means The act of chastising oneself..
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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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