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heart-searching

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heart-search·ing (härt

sûr

ch

ng)

n.

An examination of one's conscience, innermost feelings, and motives.

heart-searching adj.

heart-searching

Noun

examination of one's feelings or conscience

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It has no great moments of self-confidence, or moments not less great of doubt and heart-searching.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

For one would have but to see what is passing within those great, black, grimy houses of the capital, and to penetrate within their walls, for one at once to realise what good reason there is for self-depredation and heart-searching.

Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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