self-reproving
adjective
self-re·prov·ing
ˌself-ri-ˈprü-viŋ
: feeling or expressing self-reproof
self-reproving thoughts
… was learning to substitute the punishments they dispensed for the ones a self-reproving teenager inflicts on himself.—David Merrill
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