self-reproach

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ reproach.

Noun

self-reproach (countable and uncountable, plural self-reproaches)

1. Blame or condemnation directed at the self, as by the conscience.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 29:

     Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:remorse