WordNet
self-mortification
n. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing [syn: penance, self-abasement]
Usage examples of "self-mortification".
In the ecclesiastically consecrated character three minor branches of self-mortification have been recognized as indispensable pathways to perfection.
Despite every exigency of her training and self-mortification, she could not stop that red stream.