Self-reproach in a sentence as a noun

Cries of protest against the slackness of American education, hitherto raised only by a small number of educational critics, were now taken up by television, mass magazines, businessmen, scientists, politicians, admirals, and university presidents, and soon swelled into a national chorus of self-reproach.

Self-reproach definitions

noun

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

See also: compunction remorse

noun

the act of blaming yourself

See also: self-reproof