self-mortification

• Существительное, обозначающее акт добровольного причинения себе наказания или лишений, часто как способ искупления предполагаемого проступка или в рамках религиозной или духовной дисциплины.

A noun referring to the act of voluntarily inflicting punishment or hardship on oneself, often as a means of atoning for a perceived wrongdoing or for religious or spiritual discipline.

uncountable

1. Voluntary self-punishmentC1formal

   The act of deliberately inflicting pain or hardship on oneself as a form of penance or to atone for perceived wrongdoing.

   Самоистязание

   • In some religious traditions, self-mortification is practiced as a way to purify the soul.
   • He engaged in self-mortification to seek forgiveness for his past mistakes.
   • The monk's life was marked by extreme self-mortification and denial of physical comforts.

   Synonymsasceticismatonementausterityflagellationpenanceself-abasementself-denialself-punishment

   Antonymsself-gratificationself-indulgence