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Noun: self-mortification  'self`mor-tu-fu'key-shun
  1. Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
    - penance, self-abasement

Derived forms: self-mortifications

Type of: penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, punishment, sanction

Encyclopedia: Self-mortification

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