breast-beating

English

Noun

breast-beating (plural breast-beatings)

1. Synonym of chest-beating
   • 1979 April 14, David M. Stryker, “A Contribution”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     All the breast-beating and finger-pointing by those who don't like the ad, shocks me.

2. The act of displaying remorse by or as if by striking one's breast.