Definition of "self-recrimination" []

• The act or an instance of blaming or censuring oneself. (noun)

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• "As did the 'keeper, collapsing on his hands and knees in frustration and self-recrimination."
• "The self-recrimination he now summoned was felt, too, as pangs of physical pain."
• "Whether it was the extermination of native Americans, support of rightwing tyrants who uttered those three magic words "I hate Communism", secret medical experiments on U.S. citizens, or collateral damage to civilian populations during wars, we seem to have little capacity for sustained self-recrimination."