Self-reproach

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Blame or condemnation directed at the self, as by the conscience. countable, uncountable

    "Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors."

  2. 2
    the act of blaming yourself wordnet
  3. 3
    a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) wordnet

Etymology

From self- + reproach.

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