Synonyms for repentance
rɪˈpɛn tns, -ˈpɛn tənsre·pen·tance

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1. repentancenoun

   Synonyms:
   contrition, penitence, compunction, remorse

2. repentancenoun

   The condition of being penitent

   Synonyms:
   remorse, penitence, compunction, contrition

3. repentancenoun

   A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning

   Synonyms:
   penitence, compunction, contrition, remorse

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1. repentance

   Regret is sorrow for any painful or annoying matter. One is moved with penitence for wrong-doing. To speak of regret for a fault of our own marks it as slighter than one regarding which we should express penitence. Repentance is sorrow for sin with self-condemnation, and complete turning from the sin. Penitence is transient, and may involve no change of character or conduct. There may be sorrow without repentance, as for consequences only, but not repentance without sorrow. Compunction is a momentary sting of conscience, in view either of a past or of a contemplated act. Contrition is a subduing sorrow for sin, as against the divine holiness and love. Remorse is, as its derivation indicates, a biting or gnawing back of guilt upon the heart, with no turning of heart from the sin, and no suggestion of divine forgiveness.

   Synonyms:
   compunction, contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, self-condemnation, sorrow

   Antonyms:
   approval, comfort, complacency, content, hardness, impenitence, obduracy, obstinacy, self-approval, self-complacency, self-congratulation, stubbornness

   Preposition:
   Repentance of or in heart, or from the heart; repentance for sins; before or toward God; unto life.

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1. repentance

   Synonyms:
   penitence, contrition, compunction, regret, remorse, borrow, self-reproach, selfcondemnation

   Antonyms:
   impenitence, obduracy, recusancy, hardness, reparation, selfapproval

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1. repentance, penitence, penancenoun

   remorse for your past conduct

   Synonyms:
   penance, penitence, self-abasement, self-mortification

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1. repentancenoun

   Synonyms:
   penitence, contrition, compunction, remorse, regret, self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, stings of conscience

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1. repentancenoun

   Synonyms:
   penitence, contrition, compunction, remorse

   Antonyms:
   impenitence

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1. List of paraphrases for "repentance":

   contrition, remorse

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How to use repentance in a sentence?

1. Joseph Smith, Jr.:

   Ever keep in exercise the principle of mercy, and be ready to forgive our brother on the first intimations of repentance, and asking forgiveness; and should we even forgive our brother, or even our enemy, before he repent or ask forgiveness, our heavenly Father would be equally as merciful unto us.

2. Rooma Mehra:

   Do good unto others..Cherish your loved ones while they are still there.. Guilt and repentance are the worst forms of penance ..

3. Sophie Swetchine:

   Repentance is accepted remorse.

4. Howard W. Hunter, Speech given in October 1994:

   The path of repentance, though hard at times, lifts one ever upwards and leads to a perfect forgiveness.

5. The Beijing High Court:

   The aforementioned criminal has recently certainly shown repentance.