self-flagellation

English

Noun

self-flagellation (countable and uncountable, plural self-flagellations)

(historical) The practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins.
(informal) Intense feelings of guilt.
- 2020, Louise Curtis with Sarah Johnson, A Nurseʼs Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis, Pan Books, page 70:
  It was [...] followed by feelings of immense guilt and self-flagellation. What did I do wrong? What did I forget?

Translations

the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins

Azerbaijani: şaxsey-vaxsey
Bulgarian: самобичуване n (samobičuvane)
Catalan: autoflagel·lació (ca) f
French: autoflagellation (fr) f
Galician: autoflaxelación f
German: Selbstgeißelung f
Italian: autoflagellazione (it) f
Portuguese: autoflagelação (pt) f
Romanian: autoflagelare (ro) f
Spanish: autoflagelación f
Swedish: självgisslande (sv) n, självgissling c

See also

beat oneself up

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