Self-torture: alternatives and connections

Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.

To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…

To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdo…

The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.

the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belong…

The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.

The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as l…

Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.

the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; th…

The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or u…

The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to…

The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows