HyperDic: self-mortification

English > 1 sense of the word self-mortification:
NOUNactself-mortification, penance, self-abasementvoluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
English > self-mortification: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningVoluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing.
Synonymspenance, self-abasement
Broaderpunishment, penalty, penalization, penalisationThe act of punishing
Spanishautodegradación, automortificación, penitencia
Catalanpenitència

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