Penitence

Noun

 * 1) Condition of being.
 * 2) Feeling of  or  for doing  or.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:remorse
 * See also Thesaurus:remorse

Related terms

 * penitent
 * penitential
 * penitentially
 * penitentiary
 * penitently

Adjectives for Penitence
haggard; pale; celestial; pathetic; anxious; prescribed.

Thesaurus
Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, abject apology, acknowledgment, anguish, apology, asceticism, attrition, breast-beating, change of heart, cold purgatorial fires, compunction, confession, contriteness, contrition, deathbed repentance, debasement, degradation, distress, excuse, fasting, flagellation, grief, hair shirt, heartfelt apology, humbling, humiliation, lustration, maceration, mea culpa, mortification, penance, penitential act, penitential exercise, penitently, purgation, purgatory, qualm, reformation, regret, regretfulness, regrets, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, sadness, saeta, scruple, self-accusation, self-punishment, self-reproach, shame, sorrow, sorrowfulness, wearing a hairshirt

Etymology
First attested circa 13th century, from penitence:, from  penitence:, from  paenitentia:, from paenitens:, present active participle of paeniteo:.

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