self-reproach

Noun

Meaning

The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

remorse compunction self-reproof rue pang penitence guilt blame conscience grief regret shame apology sorrow humiliation

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Antonyms

distance detachment indifference cruelty harshness coldness

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Hypernyms

rue regret sorrow reproach ruefulness

Hyponyms

penitence guilt repentance penance guilty conscience guilt trip

Examples

To repent is not to look downwards at my own shortcomings, but upwards at God's love, it is not to look backwards with self-reproach but forward with trustfulness, it is to see not what I have failed to be, but what by the grace of Christ I might yet become. John Climacus

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. Oscar Wilde

Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel To self-reproach. William Wordsworth

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. Oscar Wilde

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. Don Marquis

He presents himself as a possible saviour to the poor prostitute Lisa, advising her to reject self-reproach when she looks to him for hope. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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