penitence (noun)
11penitent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling sorrow and regret for having done wrong. ► NOUN ▪ a person who repents or submits to penance. DERIVATIVES penitence noun penitential adjective penitently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin paenitere repent …
12penitential — penitent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling sorrow and regret for having done wrong. ► NOUN ▪ a person who repents or submits to penance. DERIVATIVES penitence noun penitential adjective penitently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin paenitere repent …
13penitently — penitent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling sorrow and regret for having done wrong. ► NOUN ▪ a person who repents or submits to penance. DERIVATIVES penitence noun penitential adjective penitently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin paenitere repent …
14penitent — [ˈpenɪtənt] adj sorry for something bad that you have done and willing to change your behaviour penitence noun [U] …
15repentance — noun remorse for your past conduct (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑penitence, ↑penance • Derivationally related forms: ↑penitential (for: ↑penitence), ↑penitentiary ( …
16impenitence — noun The property of being impenitent, of lacking penitence, of not being regretful of wrongs done. Ant: penitence …
17compunction — noun Etymology: Middle English compunccioun, from Anglo French compunction, from Late Latin compunction , compunctio, from Latin compungere to prick hard, sting, from com + pungere to prick more at pungent Date: 14th century 1. a. anxiety arising …
18contrition — noun Date: 14th century the state of being contrite ; repentance Synonyms: see penitence …
19Lent — noun Etymology: Middle English lente springtime, Lent, from Old English lencten; akin to Old High German lenzin spring Date: 13th century the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant… …
20remorse — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Late Latin, act of biting again, from Latin remordēre to bite again, from re + mordēre to bite more at mordant Date: 14th century 1. a gnawing distress… …
