Penitence - synonyms

Total 59 synonym synonyms found for penitence.

Day of Atonement

Yom Kippur

abject apology

acknowledgment

anguish

apology

asceticism

attrition

breast-beating

change of heart

cold purgatorial fires

compunction

confession

contriteness

contrition

deathbed repentance

debasement

degradation

distress

excuse

fasting

flagellation

grief

hair shirt

heartfelt apology

humbling

humiliation

lustration

maceration

mea culpa

mortification

penance

penitential act

penitential exercise

penitently

purgation

purgatory

qualm

reformation

regret

regretfulness

regrets

remorse

remorsefulness

repentance

rue

ruefulness

ruth

sackcloth and ashes

sadness

saeta

scruple

self-accusation

self-punishment

self-reproach

shame

sorrow

sorrowfulness

wearing a hairshirt