51 entries under penitence topic. ×

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repentance(noun, interjection, distress, shame, sorrow)
12
contrition(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
9
remorse(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
9
confession(noun, forfeit, reparation, self-punishment)
6
compunction(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
6
rue(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
4
apology(compensation, renewal, repentance, remorse, amends)
4
attrition(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
3
do penance(expression, idiom, atonement)
3
remorsefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
3
self-punishment(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
1
acknowledgment
1
anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
1
confess
1
contriteness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
1
debasement(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
1
degradation(distress, shame, sorrow, repentance)
1
distress(shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
1
grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
1
humbling(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
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