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

ˌself-ˈka-stə-ˌgāt 

intransitive verb

self-castigated; self-castigating; self-castigates

a desire to self-castigate

Examples of self-castigation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And for that kind of compromise, self-castigations far exceed any possible public ones. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 18 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-castigation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration