self-wrong

[ self-rawng, -rong ]

noun

1. wrong done to oneself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-wrong¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

But her fair sister, Possess’d with such a gentle sovereign grace, Of such enchanting presence and discourse, 160 Hath almost made me traitor to myself: But, lest myself be guilty to self-wrong, I’ll stop mine ears against the mermaid’s song.

From Project Gutenberg

But her fair sister,   Possess'd with such a gentle sovereign grace,   Of such enchanting presence and discourse,   Hath almost made me traitor to myself;   But, lest myself be guilty to self-wrong,   I'll stop mine ears against the mermaid's song.

From Project Gutenberg

But her fair sister,   Possess'd with such a gentle sovereign grace,   Of such enchanting presence and discourse,   Hath almost made me traitor to myself;   But, lest myself be guilty to self-wrong,   I'll stop mine ears against the mermaid's song.

From Project Gutenberg

She that doth call me husband, even my soul Doth for a wife abhor; but her fair sister, Possess'd with such a gentle sovereign grace, Of such enchanting presence and discourse, Hath almost made me traitor to myself: But, lest myself be guilty to self-wrong, I'll stop mine ears against the mermaid's song.

From Project Gutenberg

But her fair sister,   Possess'd with such a gentle sovereign grace,   Of such enchanting presence and discourse,   Hath almost made me traitor to myself;   But, lest myself be guilty to self-wrong,   I'll stop mine ears against the mermaid's song.

From Project Gutenberg