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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, remorseregret etc. 833.
self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-humiliationstings of conscience, pangs of conscience, qualms of conscience, prickings of conscience, twinge of conscience, twitch of conscience, touch of conscience, voice of consciencecompunctious visitings of nature.
acknowledgment, confession etc. (disclosure) 529apology etc. 952recantation etc. 607penance etc. 952resipiscence.
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 forbe penitent etc. adj. — rueregret etc. 833think better ofrecant etc. 607knock under etc. (submit) 725plead guiltysing miserere [Lat.], sing de profundis [Lat.]cry peccaviown oneself in the wrongacknowledge, confess &c., (disclose) 529humble oneselfbeg pardon etc. (apologize) 952turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sinreclaimrepent in sackcloth and ashes &c., (do penance) 952learn by experience.

adjective

penitentrepenting etc. v. — repentant, contriteconscience-smitten, conscience-strickenself-accusing, self-convicted.
penitential, penitentiaryreclaimed, rebornnot hardenedunhardened.

adverb

mea culpa.

phrase

peccavierubuit [Lat.]salva res est [Lat.] [Terence]; Tu l'as voulu [Fr.], Georges Dandinand wet his grave with my repentant tears" [Richard III].

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