Meaning of Penitence | Babel Free
Definitions
The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
Equivalents
العربية
الندم
Čeština
kajícnost
Español
penitencia
Suomi
katumus
Français
pénitence
Gaeilge
aithrí
Bahasa Indonesia
penitensi
Svenska
botfärdighet
Examples
“an assassin who misses his aim and flounders into penitence much as that discomfortable drama misses its point and stumbles into vacuity”
“As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.”
“Away, Remorse! / Compunction, hence!. / Go, Moral Force! / Go, Penitence!”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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