The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-torture
Self-torture \Self`-tor"ture\, n. The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
WordNet
self-torture
n. self-imposed distress [syn: self-torment]
Usage examples of "self-torture".
It has goaded countless multitudes of various creeds to endless forms of self-torture.
It avoids the extreme of self-torture that weakens one's intellect and the extreme of self-indulgence that retards spiritual progress.