All penitence synonyms
pen·i·tence
P p noun penitence
- expiation — The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
- lamentation — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- guilt — the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
- criminality — the state or quality of being criminal
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- queasiness — The state of being queasy; nausea.
- compunction — If you say that someone has no compunction about doing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- contriteness — caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- contrition — deeply felt remorse; penitence
- attrition — Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.