Word Meanings - REPENTANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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,

Additional info about word: REPENTANCE

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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REPENTANCE)

• Attrition
• Sorrow
• repentance
• affliction
• penitence
• compunction
• remorse
• self-reproach
• Penitence
• Repentance
• contrition
• sorrow

Related words: (words related to REPENTANCE)

• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• SORROWED
  Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak.
• ATTRITION
  Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition. Wallis. (more info) 1. The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Effected
• CONTRITION
  1. The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing. The breaking of their parts into less parts by contrition. Sir I. Newton. 2. The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing
• AFFLICTION
  1. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. To repay that money will be a biting affliction. Shak. 2. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or
• REMORSELESS
  Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless. "Remorseless adversaries." South. "With remorseless cruelty." Milton. Syn. -- Unpitying; pitiless; relentless; unrelenting; implacable;
• SORROWLESS
  Free from sorrow.
• AFFLICTIONLESS
  Free from affliction.
• SELF-REPROACHING
  Reproaching one's self. -- Self`-re*proach"ing*ly, adv.
• SELF-REPROACH
  The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
• SORROWFUL
  1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This sorrowful prisoner." Chaucer. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matt. xxvi. 38. 2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous;
• REPENTANCE
  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,
• PENITENCE
  The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition. "Penitence of his old guilt." Chaucer. Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To mitigate, if not reverse, the doom.
• REMORSEFUL
  1. Full of remorse. The full tide of remorseful passion had abated. Sir W. Scott. 2. Compassionate; feeling tenderly. Shak. 3. Exciting pity; pitiable. Chapman. -- Re*morse"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*morse"ful*ness, n.
• SELF-REPROACHED
  Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
• REMORSED
  Feeling remorse.
• COMPUNCTION
  compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to 1. A pricking; stimulation. That acid piecering spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. Sir T. Browne. 2. A picking of heart; poignant
• PENITENCER
  A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases. Chaucer.
• COMPUNCTIONLESS
  Without compunction.
• REMORSE
  remorsus, fr. L. remordere, remorsum, to bite again or back, to 1. The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life. "Nero will be tainted
• UNREMORSELESS
  Utterly remorseless. "Unremorseless death." Cowley.
• ANTIATTRITION
  Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.
• OVERSORROW
  To grieve or afflict to excess. Milton.
• IRREPENTANCE
  Want of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu.
• SEEK-SORROW
  One who contrives to give himself vexation. Sir P. Sidney.
• UNREPENTANCE
  Impenitence.
• UNSORROWED
  Not sorrowed for; unlamented. Beau. & Fl.