Related Words for self-mortification

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penance
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Noun, Verb
mortification
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Noun
penitence
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Noun
penitential
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Noun
purgation
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Noun
asceticism
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Noun
flagellation
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Noun
humiliation
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Noun
repentance
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Noun
austerities
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Noun
introspection
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Noun
chastisement
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Noun
mutilation
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Noun
renunciation
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Noun
emasculation
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Noun
penitents
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Noun
punishment
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Noun
martyrdom
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Noun
masochism
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Noun
repression
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Noun
condemnation
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Noun
crucifixion
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Noun
sacrifice
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Noun
embarrassment
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Noun
repenting
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Noun
atonement
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Noun
defilement
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Noun
ritualistic
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Adjective
masturbation
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Noun
mortal sin
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Phrase, Noun
excommunication
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Noun
privation
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Noun
sacrificial
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Adjective
stigmatization
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Noun
internalized
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Adjective
internalised
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Adjective
purification
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Noun
expiation
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Noun
immolation
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Noun
sanctification
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Noun
incineration
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Noun
discipline
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Noun
abjection
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Noun
puritanism
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Noun
debasement
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Noun