Breast-beating

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of chest-beating.

    "All the breast-beating and finger-pointing by those who don't like the ad, shocks me."

  2. 2
    The act of displaying remorse by or as if by striking one's breast.

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acknowledgmentapologychest-beatingconfessioncontritionexcuse

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"All the breast-beating and finger-pointing by those who don't like the ad, shocks me."

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