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
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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? Rita Nakashima Brock 2011
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Her eyes burned dry and hot, her cheeks flamed, her hands shook with futile self-condemnation.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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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."
For jubilant voters in Southern Sudan, new country nears 2011
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Her eyes burned dry and hot, her cheeks flamed, her hands shook with futile self-condemnation.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Her eyes burned dry and hot, her cheeks flamed, her hands shook with futile self-condemnation.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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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 Chris Weigant 2011
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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 2010
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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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