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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing;
[syn: penance, self-mortification, self-abasement]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

self-mortification
    n 1: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some
         wrongdoing [syn: penance, self-mortification, self-
         abasement]