SELF-RECRIMINATION Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

self-recrimination

noun

as in self-reproach

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Recent Examples of self-recrimination All the emotional calculus, obsessive analysis, and self-recrimination I was used to disappeared. — Ariel Leve, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 The story moves between the present, where Agathe and Vera go through the detritus of their childhood lives, and the past, as Agathe conjures memories from her childhood, bringing incidents to mind for inspection and some measure of self-recrimination. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026 Chilling words from our resident Sylvia Plath, or a self-recrimination about her baking skills? — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026 Though this story of betrayal hits familiar beats—shock, grief, self-recrimination, resignation—it is enlivened by its particulars. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026 His expression in those scenes, so full of fury and self-recrimination, turn Milchick into Severance’s most compelling mystery. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 This thought didn’t deaden the pain of his death or of John’s self-recrimination. — J. Malcolm Garcia, Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025 Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 From her sharp scolding of a student nurse to her own tears of self-recrimination, Floria is a full-blooded and beautifully etched character and, yes, a heroine. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025

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Noun

On the one hand, self-reproach is a convenient stance for showrunner Ryan Condal to take.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
Laughing, by contrast, conveyed that the person understood the mistake was trivial and didn’t require dramatic self-reproach.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of self-reproach

Noun

Audio from a conversation between Davis and investigators — which prosecutors say amounts to a full confession from the former Compton Crips capo — was played for the jury on Thursday.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
This confession highlights the intense rivalry, with Barcelona recently dominating domestic trophies.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of confession

Noun

Lake County is one of 22 counties in Indiana to issue an emergency declaration, which will help bring in additional state resources.

— Laura Bannon, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Officials said the county has exceeded the roughly $822,000 damage threshold needed for a county disaster declaration.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of declaration

Noun

Shinkafi believes a combination of tax holidays, full repatriation of earnings and a non-insistence on part ownership in mining projects makes Nigeria’s mining laws friendly to investors.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Duke visited the hospital for testing at his friend’s insistence.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of insistence

Noun

Communities that did receive confirmation for salt from CMS include Barrington, which also received bids through Lake County.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Much of finance still depends on institutions keeping separate records and then checking those against one another, yet every confirmation, reconciliation and manual update creates another seam.

— Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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