self-reproach
noun
blame or censure by one's own conscience.
self-reproaching
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a word derived from
self-reproach.
Example Sentences
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“It was really a very honest and sometimes self-reproaching record of her own behavior at that time,” Steve Dew said.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2020
Some men write and speak as if the difference between the Christian and the worldly man was this, that in the one conscience is a self-reproaching hell, and in the other a self-congratulating heaven.
From Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series by Frederick William Robertson
He sought the solitude of his chamber, a prey to the agonies of a self-reproaching spirit.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
Chilled at her touch, the self-reproaching soul Flies from the heart and home she dearest loves, To where lone mountains tower, or billows roll, Or to your endless depth, ye solemn groves.
From The Christian Year by John Keble
P: Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
