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SELF-PUNISHMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-punishment mean?
• SELF-PUNISHMENT (noun)
The noun SELF-PUNISHMENT has 1 sense:
1. punishment inflicted on yourself
Familiarity information: SELF-PUNISHMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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