Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition or quality of being penitent; regret for wrongdoing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being penitent; sorrow for having committed sin or for having offended; repentance; contrition.
- noun Synonyms Contrition, Compunction, etc. See
repentance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Condition of beingpenitent . - noun
Feeling ofregret orremorse for doingwrong orsinning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun remorse for your past conduct
Etymologies
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Examples
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The publicity of their penitence is also implied (compare Jer 7: 29; 48: 38).
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I have written this account in penitence and in grief, as a man who failed to raise his pig, and to explain my deviation from the classic course of so many raised pigs.
The Animal Kingdom 2007
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I have written this account in penitence and in grief, as a man who failed to raise his pig, and to explain my deviation from the classic course of so many raised pigs.
The Animal Kingdom 2007
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I have written this account in penitence and in grief, as a man who failed to raise his pig, and to explain my deviation from the classic course of so many raised pigs.
The Animal Kingdom 2007
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What ... so I should, uh, flagellate myself in penitence?
Authorial Unintention Hal Duncan 2005
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What ... so I should, uh, flagellate myself in penitence?
Archive 2005-08-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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But it does not logically follow that the only way to show penitence is to go stick yourself in a cell.
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But the nutrients of the blood of life spilled in penitence help fortify the Sun to win the battle against the Night.
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But the nutrients of the blood of life spilled in penitence help fortify the Sun to win the battle against the Night.
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May they soon come, in penitence, to pledge eternal fealty to the nation.
The Curtained Throne 1865
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