Self-torture

Self-torture
Self-torture Self`-tor"ture, n. The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • self-torture — n. * * * …   Universalium

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