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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
  1. n. a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) [syn: compunction, remorse]

  2. 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.