self-punishment

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word self-punishment. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word self-punishment, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say self-punishment in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word self-punishment you have here. The definition of the word self-punishment will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofself-punishment, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

self-punishment (uncountable)

  1. The act of punishing oneself.
    • 1590, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Cambridge University Press, published 1912, Book 2, Chapter 25, p. 308:
      [] O Jealousie (said she) the phrensie of wise folkes, the well-wishing spite, the unkinde carefulnesse, the selfe-punishment for others faults, and selfe-miserie in others happinesse, the cousin of envie, daughter of love, & mother of hate, how couldest thou so quietly get thee a seate in the unquiet hart of Gynecia, []
    • 1853, Charles Kingsley, chapter 24, in Hypatia:
      How could he appease the wrath of Him who died on the cross, save by years of bitter supplication and self-punishment?

See also