self-reproving

adjective

self-re·​prov·​ing ˌself-ri-ˈprü-viŋ 

: feeling or expressing self-reproof

self-reproving thoughts

… was learning to substitute the punishments they dispensed for the ones a self-reproving teenager inflicts on himself.

—David Merrill

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above