SELF-PUNISHMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Punishment inflicted on yourself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("self-punishment" is a kind of...):

penalisation; penalization; penalty; punishment (the act of punishing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-punishment"):

self-flagellation (self-punishment inflicted by whipping)

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