self-harm
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
- (mental health) The deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one's own body.
- Synonyms: self-injury, self-mutilation, SI
- Hyponym: self-embedding
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deliberate injuring of one's body
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Verb edit
self-harm (third-person singular simple present self-harms, present participle self-harming, simple past and past participle self-harmed)
- (intransitive) To harm oneself deliberately.