Thesaurus: repentance

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1. n. The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.
2. n. remorse for your past conduct
3. The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond. Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated. Rambler. Syn. -- Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See Contrition.
4. The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrowfor what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition forsin. Chaucer.Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20.Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God.Hammond.Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the convictionthat it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly notparts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closelyconnected with it to be easily separated. Rambler.
5. n:100 n. remorse for your past conduct