American Heritage Dictionary
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Century Dictionary
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GNU Webster's 1913
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WordNet
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Elsewhere on the web
This trend of self-flagellation is disconcerting, even to me.— Sound Politics
This self-flagellation is a semblance of virtue, and often goes with a deep seated self-negation which is really a species of pride.— Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
Other countries may applaud our self-flagellation, but it won't change them.— National Review Online
Other nations may applaud our self-flagellation, but it won't change them.— National Review Online
His own role necessarily comes under the microscope, with results that border on self-flagellation:— Palestine Blogs aggregator

Century Dictionary (1)
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