penitence
Roget category 950
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.3. Moral conditions
#950.
Penitence
noun
penitence,
contrition,
compunction,
repentance,
remorse —
regret
etc.
833.
self-reproach,
self-reproof,
self-accusation,
self-condemnation,
self-humiliation —
stings of conscience,
pangs of conscience,
qualms of conscience,
prickings of conscience†,
twinge of conscience,
twitch of conscience,
touch of conscience,
voice of conscience —
compunctious visitings of nature†.
acknowledgment,
confession
etc.
(disclosure)
529 —
apology
etc.
952 —
recantation
etc.
607 —
penance
etc.
952 —
resipiscence†.
awakened conscience,
deathbed repentance,
locus paenitentiae [Lat.],
stool of repentance,
cuttystool†.
penitent,
repentant,
Magdalen,
prodigal son,
a sadder and a wiser man"
[Coleridge].
verb
repent,
be sorry for —
be penitent
etc.
adj. —
rue —
regret
etc.
833 —
think better of —
recant
etc.
607 —
knock under
etc.
(submit)
725 —
plead guilty —
sing miserere [Lat.],
sing de profundis [Lat.] —
cry peccavi —
own oneself in the wrong —
acknowledge,
confess
&c.,
(disclose)
529 —
humble oneself —
beg pardon
etc.
(apologize)
952 —
turn over a new leaf,
put on the new man,
turn from sin —
reclaim —
repent in sackcloth and ashes
&c.,
(do penance)
952 —
learn by experience.
adjective
penitent —
repenting
etc.
v. —
repentant,
contrite —
conscience-smitten,
conscience-stricken —
self-accusing,
self-convicted.
penitential,
penitentiary —
reclaimed,
reborn —
not hardened —
unhardened†.
adverb
mea culpa.
phrase
peccavi —
erubuit [Lat.] —
salva res est [Lat.]
[Terence];
Tu l'as voulu [Fr.],
Georges Dandin —
and wet his grave with my repentant tears"
[Richard III].
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