Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Condemnation by one's own conscience or confession.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
Etymologies
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Examples
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We know that the loss of faith and meaning, the sense of isolation, and the self-condemnation characteristic of moral injury cannot be repaired by short-term therapies.
Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D.: How Do We Repair the Souls of Those Returning from Iraq?
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Her eyes burned dry and hot, her cheeks flamed, her hands shook with futile self-condemnation.
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"I think that there would be severe self-condemnation of himself if he doesn't go forward with the peaceful acceptance, and also he doesn't have any alternative, except to go to war."
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Her eyes burned dry and hot, her cheeks flamed, her hands shook with futile self-condemnation.
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Her eyes burned dry and hot, her cheeks flamed, her hands shook with futile self-condemnation.
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I have paid pretty severely for the folly, and can never recollect it without disgust and self-condemnation.
Chris Weigant: America's First Political Sex Scandal: The Reynolds/Hamilton Affair
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When you observe your chatter for a few days you will, in all likelihood, be unpleasantly surprised by how often you run yourself down with self-condemnation and how often you label whatever happens to you as bad.
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When you observe your chatter for a few days you will, in all likelihood, be unpleasantly surprised by how often you run yourself down with self-condemnation and how often you label whatever happens to you as bad.
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Regardless how much self-help rah, rah, rah is out there, when we hit the slippery slope of self-condemnation, we forget magnificence in ourselves and others.
Dr. Cara Barker: An Equinox Prescription for Love, This Autumn
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When you observe your chatter for a few days you will, in all likelihood, be unpleasantly surprised by how often you run yourself down with self-condemnation and how often you label whatever happens to you as bad.
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