The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-reproach
Self-reproach \Self`-re*proach"\, n. The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
Wiktionary
self-reproach
n. blame or condemnation directed at the self, as by the conscience.
WordNet
self-reproach
n. a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) [syn: compunction, remorse]
the act of blaming yourself [syn: self-reproof]
Usage examples of "self-reproach".
His feelings of doubt, of self-reproach and fear, were swept away in the caresses of his beloveds.
Not a hint of self-reproach, not a muttering of patriarchal or divine disquiet at these campaigns of extermination can be dug out of holy scripture.
But still it was a yielding from tender-heartedness that I deplore, though without self-reproach.