self-flagellatory

adjective2

1. •
   Characterized by self-flagellation; extremely repentant.

   • In this sense, the currently fashionable self-flagellatory school of history is, at the very least, as arrogant and self-centered as the more traditional kind of self-serving history. — 2005
2. •
   Self-sacrificing.

   • Martyrs are desperate to demonstrate their self-flagellatory capabilities in the hope that someone out there actually cares. — 2011