In`tro*spec"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
introspection.] 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.