self-infliction
- a word derived from self-inflicted.
Example Sentences
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It's the self-infliction that worries me: we made two of Liverpool's three goals for them.
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2013
The physician finds them under the most unexpected circumstances at times and in patients apparently above all suspicion of their self-infliction.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
The great need of her heart compelled her to strangle, with desperate resolution, every rising impulse of suspicion, pride, and resentment; she felt equal to any self-infliction that would save her from ceasing to love.
From Romola by Eliot, George
Although Mosheim uses the term "fraud," it would seem that he means rather the irresponsible self-infliction of the wounds.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley
It is not properly a self-infliction," answered Carlton; "self-infliction implies intention; grief at sin is something spontaneous.
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry
