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self-flagellation

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flag⋅el⋅la⋅tion

  [flaj-uh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of flagellating.
2. a masochistic or sadistic act in which the participants receive erotic stimulation from whipping or being whipped.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL flagellātiōn-, s. of flagellātiō. See flagellate, -ion
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self-flag·el·la·tion   (sělf'flāj'ə-lā'shən)
n.  

  1. The act of severely criticizing oneself.

  2. The act of punishing oneself.

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Word Origin & History

flagellation 
1426, from L. flagellationem (nom. flagellatio) "a scourging," from flagellare, from flagellum "whip," dim. of flagrum "whip, scourge." Flagellate is 1623, from L. flagellatus, pp. of flagellare.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2flagellation
Function: noun
: the formation or arrangement of flagella
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

flagellation flag·el·la·tion (flāj'ə-lā'shən)
n.

  1. Whipping oneself or another as a means of arousing or heightening sexual feeling.

  2. The flagellar arrangement on an organism.

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