punish
verb (used with object)
to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault.
self-punished
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a word derived from
punish.
Example Sentences
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This theme of self-punished revenge, as we know, was afterward thoroughly wrought out in "The Scarlet Letter."
From A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop
But in war I have noticed that temerity and cowardice are often self-punished, and bravery rewarded.
From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by John Morse
I forged that lie; for whose forgiveness kneels This self-accused, self-punished criminal.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott
All her soul was in the cry, all her outraged, self-punished heart.
From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
