Definition for Penitence:

• Sorrow on account of sin.

Synonyms for Penitence:

• n.

  •compunction (noun)
  • stab conscience,
  • mis giving,
  • mis-giving.
  •contrition (noun)
  • self-reproaches,
  • self reproaches,
  • selfreproaches,
  • self reproach,
  • selfreproach.
  •guilt (noun)
  • sinfulness,
  • criminality,
  • self-condemnation,
  • malefactions,
  • blameworthiness,
  • answerability,
  • Malefaction,
  • criminalities,
  • Peccability.
  •penance (noun)
  • self flagellation,
  • sackcloth ash,
  • sackcloth ashes,
  • self-flagellations,
  • sackcloth and ash,
  • expiations,
  • self flagellations,
  • selfflagellations,
  • selfflagellation.
  •penitence (noun)
  • attrition,
  • atonement,
  • breast-beating,
  • apology,
  • confession.
  •regret (noun)
  • lamentation,
  • qualm,
  • heartache,
  • shame,
  • contrition,
  • sorrow,
  • grief.
  •remorse (noun)
  • study at repentance.
  •repentance (noun)
  • sorrinesses.
  •shame, sorrow (noun)
  • humiliation,
  • sadness,
  • degradation,
  • debasement,
  • ruefulness,
  • self-castigation,
  • self-punishment,
  • distress,
  • anguish,
  • scruple,
  • humbling.
  •uneasiness (noun)
  • dis-quiet,
  • un certainties,
  • dis-pleasures,
  • dis quietudes,
  • un-rests,
  • in-quietudes,
  • un-certainty,
  • dis belief,
  • dis-quietudes,
  • dis beliefs,
  • dis-quietude,
  • dis pleasure,
  • in-stabilities,
  • dis-quiets,
  • un easinesses,
  • in stabilities,
  • dis-beliefs,
  • dis contents,
  • un-rest,
  • dis-contents,
  • queasinesses,
  • dis quietude,
  • in quietudes,
  • dis content,
  • in-stability,
  • un easiness,
  • un rest,
  • in quietude,
  • dis-belief,
  • in-quietude,
  • un certainty,
  • un-certainties,
  • dis pleasures,
  • dis quiet,
  • un-easinesses,
  • un-easiness,
  • dis-content,
  • in stability,
  • dyspathies,
  • dis-pleasure,
  • dis quiets.

• Other synonyms:

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  • Penitency,
  • remorsefulness.

Antonyms for Penitence:

• n.

  • shame, sorrow
    joy, shamelessness, elevation, contentedness, happiness, comfort, satisfaction, approval.
  • Other antonyms:
    obstinacy, hardness, obduracy, complacency, self-complacency, self-congratulation, stubbornness, remorselessness, content, impenitence.

Penitence Sentence Examples:

• Did you ever see any one so bowed down with penitence?

• To his mind, half an hour of impulsive penitence could wipe out half a night of deliberate sin, and Beatrix dared not explain to him that it was otherwise.