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self-mortification
noun[ U ]
(alsoselfmortification)uk /ˌself.mɔː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.mɔːr.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of deliberately causing yourself pain or difficulties, especially as part of religious practice:
She was a religious child who loved to pray and carry out small acts of self-mortification.
He follows neither the path of self-mortification nor that of self-indulgence.
He decided it might be better to find some middle way between the extremes of the life of luxury and the life of self-mortification.
For six years he begged for his food, learned to meditate, and practised extreme self-mortification.
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awkwardly
guiltily
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hangdog
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not know where to put yourselfidiom
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