Usually means: Remorse and atonement for wrongdoing.
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  1. penitence: Merriam-Webster
  2. penitence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. penitence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. penitence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. penitence: Vocabulary.com
  6. Penitence, penitence: Wordnik
  7. penitence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. penitence: Wiktionary
  9. penitence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. penitence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. penitence: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Penitence, penitence: Dictionary.com
  13. penitence: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. penitence: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Penitence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Penitence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. penitence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. penitence: Rhymezone
  19. Penitence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. penitence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. penitence: FreeDictionary.org
  22. penitence: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (penitence)

▸ noun:  The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

Similar:
repentance, penance, contrition, penitent, repenting, resipiscence, penitential, compunction, piation, absolution, more...

Opposite:
impenitence, remorselessness, obduracy

Types:
fasting, abstinence, almsgiving, prayer, sacrifice, more...

Phrases:
sign of penitence, turn away from sin or do penitence, more...

Adjectives:
true, sincere, deep, humble, real, genuine, great, public, christian, much, perfect

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Similar:
repentance, penance, contrition, penitent, repenting, resipiscence, penitential, compunction, piation, absolution, more...

Opposite:
impenitence, remorselessness, obduracy

Types:
fasting, abstinence, almsgiving, prayer, sacrifice, more...

Phrases:
sign of penitence, turn away from sin or do penitence, more...

Adjectives:
true, sincere, deep, humble, real, genuine, great, public, christian, much, perfect

Colors:
    ash gray,     charcoal,     slate gray,     pewter,     stone, more...



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