self-convicted

A defendant stands self-convicted by his own contradictory testimony.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Self-judged as guilty: "self-convicted" describes a person who has declared or acknowledged their own guilt, without external accusation or formal legal conviction. It implies an internal moral or psychological admission of wrongdoing.

Usage Examples

• (He admitted his guilt to himself, even if not legally proven.)
• (He judged himself guilty and stepped down voluntarily.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be self-convicted of": to hold oneself guilty of a specific fault or crime.
  • She was self-convicted of betraying her friend's trust. (She internally acknowledged her betrayal.)

Variants and Related Words

• Self-conviction (noun): the state or act of judging oneself guilty.
  • His self-conviction led to a profound sense of shame. (His own admission of guilt caused deep embarrassment.)

Synonyms

• Self-condemned: having declared oneself morally or legally guilty.
• Self-indicted: having formally accused oneself of wrongdoing.

Related Idioms

• To convict oneself out of one's own mouth: to admit guilt through one's own words.
  • By confessing to the crime, he convicted himself out of his own mouth. (He provided the evidence against himself through his own speech.)

Phrasal Verbs