Synonyms for penitence
ˈpɛn ɪ tənspen·i·tence

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1. penitence

   Regret is sorrow for any painful or annoying matter. One is moved with penitence for wrong-doing. To speak of regret for a fault of our own marks it as slighter than one regarding which we should express penitence. Repentance is sorrow for sin with self-condemnation, and complete turning from the sin. Penitence is transient, and may involve no change of character or conduct. There may be sorrow without repentance, as for consequences only, but not repentance without sorrow. Compunction is a momentary sting of conscience, in view either of a past or of a contemplated act. Contrition is a subduing sorrow for sin, as against the divine holiness and love. Remorse is, as its derivation indicates, a biting or gnawing back of guilt upon the heart, with no turning of heart from the sin, and no suggestion of divine forgiveness.

   Synonyms:
   compunction, contriteness, contrition, regret, remorse, repentance, self-condemnation, sorrow

   Antonyms:
   approval, comfort, complacency, content, hardness, impenitence, obduracy, obstinacy, self-approval, self-complacency, self-congratulation, stubbornness

   Preposition:
   Repentance of or in heart, or from the heart; repentance for sins; before or toward God; unto life.

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1. penitence

   Synonyms:
   repentance, contrition, sorrow, remorse

   Antonyms:
   congratulation, self-approval, obduracy, hardheartedness

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1. repentance, penitence, penancenoun

   remorse for your past conduct

   Synonyms:
   penance, repentance, self-abasement, self-mortification

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1. penitencenoun

   Synonyms:
   repentance, contrition, compunction, regret, remorse

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1. penitencenoun

   Synonyms:
   contrition, repentance, remorse, compunction

   Antonyms:
   impenitence

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