penitency
Synonyms for penitency
- anguish
- attrition
- compunction
- contriteness
- contrition
- debasement
- degradation
- distress
- grief
- humbling
- humiliation
- penance
- qualm
- regret
- remorse
- remorsefulness
- repentance
- rue
- ruefulness
- ruth
- sadness
- scruple
- self-castigation
- self-condemnation
- self-flagellation
- self-punishment
- self-reproach
MOST RELEVANT
contrition
noun. regret
remorsefulness
noun. penitence
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