单词 | self-convicted |
释义 | self-convictedadj. Shown to be guilty of a crime or error by one's own words or behaviour; self-condemned. Also in extended use of a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > dispraised > censured or condemned > self self-condemned1615 self-convicted1618 1618 J. Wood True Honor of Navigation & Navigators 59 The poore sinner..being selfe-conuicted and condemned, doth (in a manner) find himselfe in hell. 1698 N. Whaley Two Serm. 33 The Confessions of penitent and self-convicted Sinners. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer iii. 306 Pale Guilt starts self-convicted, when arraign'd. 1791 Evening Mail 17 Jan. At length the hero of the piece stood self-convicted, and looking stedfastly at the dog, he drew the birds from his pocket. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. ix. 229 I should stand self-convicted of villainy, were I to urge such a deceit. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 738 Such a document is self-convicted [of falsehood or exaggeration]. 1932 Moberly (Missouri) Monitor-Index 25 Oct. 7/6 The Republican party stands self-convicted in its failure to relieve conditions. 1961 ABA Jrnl. Dec. 1231/1 You are equally self-convicted..when the police give you an alcoholic blood test or take your finger prints. 2008 ELH 75 904 This self-convicted man is not just forgiven. Rather, he is ritually buried in the very soil he has guiltily tried..to possess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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