Usually means: Inflicting pain on oneself deliberately.
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  1. self-flagellation: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-flagellation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-flagellation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. self-flagellation: Wordnik
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  8. Self-flagellation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. self-flagellation: FreeDictionary.org
  11. self-flagellation: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (self-flagellation)

noun:  (historical) The practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins.
noun:  (informal) Intense feelings of guilt.

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