PENITENCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does penitence mean? • PENITENCE (noun)
The noun PENITENCE has 1 sense:
1. remorse for your past conduct
Familiarity information: PENITENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PENITENCE (noun)
Meaning:
Remorse for your past conduct
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
penance; penitence; repentance
Hypernyms ("penitence" is a kind of...):
compunction; remorse; self-reproach (a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed))
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