Soul-search

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of soul-searching. countable

    "Thus she willingly journeys with me in my soul-search."

  2. 2
    The process of deep and critical self-examination. uncountable

    "Moreover, just as the adherents of the new protest ideologies have been involved in a soul-search of their own identities and thus involved in struggles to make and to declare choices, so likewise the national society is engaged in soul-search and choice."

Verb
  1. 1
    To engage in deep and critical self-examination.

    "These are the times when you should take a deep breath and deeply soul-search your own actions to see whether you could have done anything at all that would have increased your tip."

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"Thus she willingly journeys with me in my soul-search."

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