Another word for repentance
repentance
n.
sorrow, remorse, regret, penitence, contrition, compunction, contriteness, attrition, self-denunciation, self-abasement, self-reproach, self-condemnation, self-humiliation, penance, prick of conscience.
Antonyms complacency, contentment, impenitence.
repentance implies full realization of one's sins or wrongs and a will to change one's ways; penitence implies sorrow over having sinned or done wrong; contrition implies a deep, humble sorrow for one's sins, with a true purpose of amendment; compunction implies a pricking of the conscience and therefore suggests a sharp but passing feeling of uneasiness about wrongdoing; remorse implies a deep and torturing sense of guilt; regret may refer to sorrow over any unfortunate occurrence as well as over a fault or act of one's own
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Another word for repentance
A feeling of regret for one's sins or misdeeds:
compunction, contriteness, contrition, penitence, penitency, remorse, remorsefulness, rue. (Theology) attrition. See regret
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