introspection Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
    self-contemplation; self-examination.

WordNet

In`tro*spec"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. introspection.
Definitions
  1. A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.
    I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind. Dryden.

Webster 1913