self-mortification

self-mortification
self-mortified /self'mawr"teuh fuyd', self"-/, adj.
/self"mawr'teuh fi kay"sheuhn/, n.
the inflicting of pain or privation on oneself: He was certain that self-mortification was the only road to salvation.
[1815-25]

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