self-guilt

US, UK/ˌsɛlfˈɡɪlt/

noun

Guilt for one's own actions.

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Meanings

nounself-guilt (uncountable)
  1. uncountableGuilt for one's own actions.

    How can you find your wings to fly when rocks of self guilt keep holding you down? Forgive and move forward.

    2013, Lynette Leckie-Clark, The Magic of You: Stepping into Your Cosmic Body, page 61

Origin

From self- (prefix meaning ‘of, by, in or with oneself or itself’) + guilt.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with self-guilt

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Cite this entry
APA

self-guilt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-guilt

MLA

“self-guilt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-guilt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-guilt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-guilt.

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