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self-flagellation

  • n  self-punishment inflicted by whipping
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  • But I was made to understand that such religious samplings required no sustained commitment on my partno introspective exertion or self-flagellation.
  • I've already reported Obama's negative response to a New Hampshire voter who asked him to launch another Clintonesque national conversation about race: "All that self-flagellation .
  • Many progressives in the church say the conservative group, with its strict adherence to personal piety (some lay members take vows of celibacy and practice self-flagellation), can .
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  self-flagellation
  • Nicolas Sarkozy in Baku Today
    They do not want their leaders to put everything on hold and engage in self-flagellation for the mistakes or missteps of the past,said Sarkozy.
  • Ehud Barak in PRESS TV
    The endorsement will ensure that since we sent out soldiers to carry out Operation Cast Lead : [we] will give soldiers and commanders backing in the face of any external accusations or internal self-flagellation,Barak said.
  • Paul Schrader in Independent Online
    It's a well made movie but it's very violent and infused with a great sense of self-flagellation,Paul Schrader, screenwriter for The Last Temptation Of Christ, said.

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