Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of accusing one's self.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
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Examples
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See Mapp and its progeny. (also, the “cruel trilemma” of perjury, self-accusation or contempt of court mentioned in Andreson).
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It's an interesting self-accusation, considering that Spitzer's favored targets, as both prosecutor and governor, were those with excess hubris.
Why is Eliot Spitzer on TV? Because disgrace doesn't stick like it used to. Laura Kipnis 2010
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(Naturally, all of this was only enough to get Mr. Hosni “accused” of anti-semitism by the New York Times, self-accusation not actually being enough to convict.)
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The advice might vary each time, but the basic self-accusation is presumed sincere.
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Yeah, guess I'll go to confession for writing that; after all, a little self-accusation never hurts.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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This is most unfortunate: self-accusation is an important Christian activity, and I wouldn't mind seeing more Christian novels engaged in it.
August Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy Blog Tour: Broken Angel 2008
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This is the character's line of thought, a self-accusation, not an authorial verdict, and he returns to it eagerly a little later.
Ian McEwan's 'Solar': The Fat Man's Vengeance (New York Review) 2010
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Yeah, guess I'll go to confession for writing that; after all, a little self-accusation never hurts.
August Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy Blog Tour: Broken Angel 2008
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This is the character's line of thought, a self-accusation, not an authorial verdict, and he returns to it eagerly a little later.
Ian McEwan's 'Solar': The Fat Man's Vengeance (New York Review) 2010
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This is most unfortunate: self-accusation is an important Christian activity, and I wouldn't mind seeing more Christian novels engaged in it.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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