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self-con·dem·na·tion | \ ˌself-ˌkän-ˌdem-ˈnā-shən 
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\ plural self-condemnations
Definition of self-condemnation
: the act or an instance of condemning one's own character or actions : condemnation of oneself
… fierce self-condemnation seized on her. "I've been a wicked woman," she moaned.— Lucy Maud Montgomery Where do the guilt, shame, and self-condemnations come from? There are several possibilities.— Walter E. Jacobson
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The first known use of self-condemnation was in 1581
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