Self-flagellation is pointless.
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Self-flagellation
Synonyms for "self-flagellation"
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14 translations across 13 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şaxsey-vaxsey noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Bulgarian
1 entries- самобичуване noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Catalan
1 entries- autoflagel·lació noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Finnish
1 entries- itsensäruoskinta noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
French
1 entries- autoflagellation noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Galician
1 entries- autoflaxelación noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
German
1 entries- Selbstgeißelung noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Italian
1 entries- autoflagellazione noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Polish
1 entries- samobiczowanie noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Portuguese
1 entries- autoflagelação noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Romanian
1 entries- autoflagelare noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Spanish
1 entries- autoflagelación noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Swedish
2 entries- självgisslande noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
- självgissling noun (the practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Self-flagellation is unproductive.
Source: tatoeba (8816028)
Tom practices self-flagellation.
Source: tatoeba (9946705)
Stop this self-flagellation.
Source: tatoeba (12463814)
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