SELF-MORTIFICATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

Synonyms:

penance; self-abasement; self-mortification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("self-mortification" is a kind of...):

penalisation; penalization; penalty; punishment (the act of punishing)

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