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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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
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
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
All her soul was in the cry, all her outraged, self-punished heart.
From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
