self-flagellation
Beating yourself penitently
Self-flagellation is the act of whipping or beating oneself, historically practiced as religious penance or spiritual discipline.
The word now more commonly describes excessive self-criticism or punishment: His constant self-flagellation over minor mistakes was exhausting to witness.
The figurative sense suggests someone who dwells unproductively on their own failings.
Repeated striking blows
- scourgingWhipping as punishment
- floggingBeating as punishment
- lashesEye-fringing hairs
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
beating · flail · discipline · cat-o'-nine-tails · knout · hair-shirt · birch · cane
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
purification · penitent · confession · fasting · abstinence · sackcloth · humility · sanctification
Attributing fault to oneself
- self-criticismJudging one's own failings
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- self-punishmentHurting oneself for wrongdoing
- self-condemnationBlaming yourself for wrongdoing
self-loathing · guilt · shame · remorse · rumination · regret · self-recrimination · obsessing
Available to all
- displayPresentation for viewing
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- spectacleVisually striking event
- excessiveSurpassing reasonable bounds
melodramatic · virtue-signaling · attention-seeking · apology · self-abasement · groveling · theatrical · exaggerated
whipping
Repeated striking blows
mortification · beating · flail · discipline · cat-o'-nine-tails · knout · hair-shirt · birch · cane · strap
penance
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
expiation · purification · penitent · confession · fasting · abstinence · sackcloth · humility · sanctification · redemption
self-blame
Attributing fault to oneself
- self-criticismJudging one's own failings
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- self-punishmentHurting oneself for wrongdoing
self-condemnation · self-loathing · guilt · shame · remorse · rumination · regret · self-recrimination · obsessing · dwelling
public
Available to all
- displayPresentation for viewing
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- spectacleVisually striking event
excessive · melodramatic · virtue-signaling · attention-seeking · apology · self-abasement · groveling · theatrical · exaggerated · wallowing
- asceticismabstinence, celibacy, ascetic, austerities, chastity
- Penanceconfession booth, act of contrition, contrition, penitent, public penance
- self-loathingself-hatred, self-loathing, self-contempt, self-disgust, self-abasement
- Shia IslamAli, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hussein, Hussain, imam
- corporal punishmentflogging, whipping, caning, lashing, beating
- Filipino religionpatron saints, novena, religious processions, friars, parish priests
self-flagellationself-compassion
Gentle understanding toward oneself
self-care · self-kindness · self-love · self-soothing · self-forgiveness
self-flagellationself-forgiveness
Granting yourself absolution
self-acceptance · self-congratulation · self-praise · self-pardon · self-affirmation
self-flagellationself-indulgence
Excessive yielding to desires
self-gratification · hedonism · self-pleasure · pampering · sybaritism
flagellate, flagellation, flagellum, flagellant, flagellates, flagellated, flagellants, flagellating