self-punishment

Definitions of self-punishment
  1. noun
    punishment inflicted on yourself
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    types:
    self-flagellation
    self-punishment inflicted by whipping
    type of:
    penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment, sanction
    the act of punishing
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