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self-punishment

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self-punishment
n
the act or an instance of punishing oneself
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Noun1.self-punishment - punishment inflicted on yourself
penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment - the act of punishing
self-flagellation - self-punishment inflicted by whipping


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[The title is derived from a line by the late Gilda Radner, a worthy muse: "Eating is self-punishment, punish the food instead.
He said he'd started reading it as an endurance test - perhaps with a suggestion of self-punishment - purely because it looked difficult.
Not until all the onions are eaten and all the gluttons for self-punishment have had their fill.
 
 
 
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