self-punishment

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self-punishment

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  1. uncountable The act of punishing oneself. […] O Jealousie (said she) the phrensie of wise folkes, the well-wishing spite, the unkinde carefulnesse, the selfe-punishment for others faults, and selfe-miserie in others happinesse, the cousin of envie, daughter of love, & mother of hate, how couldest thou so quietly get thee a seate in the unqu

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@misc{self_punishment_2026,
  title = {self-punishment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-punishment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}