as in guilt
a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing
he was filled with self-reproach for causing the accident
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Recent Examples of self-reproach
Amanda’s self-reproach expresses a depressed national mood.
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Armond White, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024
Jihan was overtaken by bitterness and self-reproach.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Photo: andrew caballero-reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Festivus has its airing of grievances and the 2024 Democratic National Convention in August may feature the wailing of self-reproach.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023
One of the many poignant aspects of Nick’s early death is that his friends have carried a lifelong sense of regret and even self-reproach.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2023
For an artist, self-reproach and self-aggrandizement can be two faces of the same mirror.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2023
The genre is like a psychological tattoo on a culture that has lost faith in itself — like the bourgeois self-reproach in Yazmina Reza’s puerile God of Carnage that Roman Polanski filmed.
—Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
Armond White, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024
Jihan was overtaken by bitterness and self-reproach.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Photo: andrew caballero-reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Festivus has its airing of grievances and the 2024 Democratic National Convention in August may feature the wailing of self-reproach.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023
One of the many poignant aspects of Nick’s early death is that his friends have carried a lifelong sense of regret and even self-reproach.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2023
For an artist, self-reproach and self-aggrandizement can be two faces of the same mirror.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2023
The genre is like a psychological tattoo on a culture that has lost faith in itself — like the bourgeois self-reproach in Yazmina Reza’s puerile God of Carnage that Roman Polanski filmed.
—Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-reproach
Noun
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Rather than dwelling in guilt, choose one family or charity to help.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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In many lights, the guilt pales in comparison to what Rodriguez and Dario endured with Alessia in the two months after Vida arrived.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Germany, a country that for decades has been expressing remorse for the nation’s crimes under Adolf Hitler, will be represented by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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But usually there are preconditions for gaining forgiveness: admitting guilt, expressing remorse, making amends.—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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His regrets about enabling intrusive advertising and warnings about internet censorship and monopolies provide valuable insights into the challenges of building a more equitable online world.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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But for others, regret can serve as a powerful guide.—
Dr. Jordan Grumet, Contributor,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There is a whole world outside the shame a man brings upon a woman, a world far from that.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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There’s a lot of shame that comes with that, and there is a concern that she won’t be accepted by her friends.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Self-reproach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-reproach. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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