单词 | self-offence |
释义 | self-offenceself-offensen.ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun] > one's own self-offencea1616 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence > one's own self-offencea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 522 More, nor lesse to others paying, Then by selfe-offences weighing. View more context for this quotation 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > injury to oneself self-harm1614 self-offencea1628 self-injury1638 self-infliction1674 self-harming1957 self-abuse1970 a1628 F. Greville Cælica c, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 246 Feare..Confounds all powers, and thorough selfe-offence, Doth forge and raise impossibility. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 515 Self-displeas'd For self-offence, more then for God offended. View more context for this quotation 1681 R. Alleine Instr. Heart-work 160 Our being so impatient of Self-offences, and so patient of offences against God, [etc.]. 1855 Morning Chron. 6 Feb. 3/4 I would suggest..that a fresh form [of the Burial service] be drawn up..that we might use without self-offence for schismatics or anybody else. b. The action of attacking or harming oneself (physically or figuratively). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > upon oneself self-offence1819 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. i. 83 A word? which those of this false world Employ against each other, not themselves; As men wear daggers not for self offence. 2007 R. Satrape Retooling Church 67 Unforgiveness has its roots in self-offense. Self-punishers punish themselves for their failures and then do the same to others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616 |
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